"Idle hands make fretful minds." — Shelley Shepard Gray

More Fretful Quotes

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• Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming… — Thornton T. Munger
• A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
• A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and… — William Cowper
• If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll… — Robert A. Heinlein
• The fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world Have hung upon the beatings of my heart. — William Wordsworth
• Instead of our petulant, fretful, irritable human hastiness we should cultivate in our souls the patience which has learned to… — William Barclay
• They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of… — Samuel Johnson
• People are fretful about lifestyle retailing because the idea that anyone's immortal soul and deepest longings can be quite so… — Peter York
• "I see nobody on the road," said Alice. "I only wish I had such eyes," the King remarked in a… — Lewis Carroll
• I am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay, For the wander-thirst is on me And my… — Richard Hovey
• Kent. Where's the king? Gent. Contending with the fretful elements; Bids the wind blow the earth into the sea, Or… — William Shakespeare
• I am in need of music that would flow Over my fretful, feeling finger-tips, Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips, With… — Elizabeth Bishop

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