Corruption Quote by Samuel Johnson

For the soldier of time, it breathes a summer sleep, In which his wound is good because life was. No part of him was…

— Wallace Stevens

It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first and second…

— B. C. Forbes

Grief is a species of idleness.

— Samuel Johnson

Every man is, or hopes to be, an idler.

— Samuel Johnson

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.

— Samuel Johnson

The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there…

— Samuel Johnson

As pride sometimes is hid under humility, idleness if often covered by turbulence and hurry.

— Samuel Johnson

He that never labors may know the pains of idleness, but not the pleasures.

— Samuel Johnson

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty…

— Samuel Johnson

A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to…

— Samuel Johnson

Idleness is often covered by turbulence and hurry. He that neglects his known duty and real employment naturally endeavours to crowd his mind with…

— Samuel Johnson

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps…

— Samuel Johnson