"Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds." — Lord Chesterfield
"Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds."
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Lord Chesterfield
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228 Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield has 228 quotes on this site.
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination:…
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere,…
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Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
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Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.
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The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old…
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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
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A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
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Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
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An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
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Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the…
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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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More Idleness Quotes
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Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Never get out of bed before noon.
— Charles Bukowski
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Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable.
— Julie Burchill
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Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
— Samuel Butler
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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is…
— Anton Chekhov
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination:…
— Lord Chesterfield
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I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from…
— Agatha Christie
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It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt.
— William J. Clinton
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Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
— Benjamin Franklin
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One of the amusements of idleness is reading without fatigue of close attention; and the world, therefore, swarms with writers…
— Samuel Johnson
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