Idle Quote by Quintus Ennius Download Open image “The idle mind knows not what it wants.” — Quintus Ennius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Idle Idle Mind Inspirational Knows Mind Procrastination Psychology Want
Am not intelligent but am an individual who refuses to let his mind dwell in idle thoughts. — Frank Matobo Copy Share Image
Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An idle mind is not necessarily a devil's workshop but negative thoughts. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
There are no idle thoughts. All thinking produces form at some level. — Helen Schucman Copy Share Image
Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of… — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman Poetry." We… — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I'm in bed with the influenza. — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre. — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed. — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage. [Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non… — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
“Amicu certus in re incerta cernitur' [A true friend is a friend when in difficulty]” — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
Nature, being a wise and provident lady, governs her parts very wisely, methodically, and orderly: Also, she is very industrious and hates to be… — Margaret Cavendish Copy Share Image
Fortunately, the mind is restless; when it uncovers a layer of its own deception, gives up an illusion, exposes a lie, it does not… — Kim Chernin Copy Share Image
I'm homosexual. How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green. — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
For it is an absurdity to call a country civilized in which a decent and industrious man, laboriously mastering a trade which is valuble… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned the fat… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Why, just a couple of economic seasons ago, was idle cash considered an indication of bad management or lazy management? Because it meant that… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs… — John Milton Copy Share Image
We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent, we have afterwards discovered that much… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is clear that the future of freedom and peace depend on the actions of America. This nation is freedom's home, and freedom's defender.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some idle, faddish… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Spring comes with flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with the breeze, winter with snow. When idle concerns don't fill your thoughts, that's your… — Wumen Huikai Copy Share Image