Indolence Quotes

89 Indolence quotes by 74 unique authors

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive… — William Hazlitt
Well, I wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved in abstract thought, but because… — Will Self
Can one be passionate about the just, the ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit no labor in its cause? I don't think… — Mary Oliver
The greater part of human misery is caused by indolence. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
In our own time the whole of Greece has been subject to a low birth rate and a general decrease of the population, owing to… — Polybius
Injustice arises either from precipitation, or indolence, or from a mixture of both. - The rapid and slow are seldom just; the unjust wait either… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Patience and submission are very carefully to be distinguished from cowardice and indolence. We are not to repine, but we may lawfully struggle; for the… — Samuel Johnson
Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence. — Benjamin Haydon
This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have… — Henry David Thoreau
One of the great tragedies we witness almost daily is the tragedy of men of high aim and low achievement. Their motives are noble. Their… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy one. — John Ruskin
Pain, indolence, sterility, endless ennui have also their lesson for you, if you are great. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who would not be idle, let him fall in love. — Unknown Author
The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action. — John Mason Brown
Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients: action, pleasure and indolence. — David Hume
The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards… — Soren Kierkegaard
It is not new for the older generation to bewail the indolence of the young, and there is a tendency for the latter to maintain… — David Riesman
There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. It was because of impatience that they were expelled from… — Franz Kafka
Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish. — Francois Rabelais
Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence. — Tacitus

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