Begets Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Idleness is the sepulchre of a living man.

— J. G. Holland

Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Woe to those who lead idle lives. Idleness is a dreadful illness and must be cured in childhood. If it is not cured then,…

— Carlo Collodi

Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.

— Anonymous

Idleness is paralysis.

— Roswell Dwight Hitchcock

Idleness is the parent of all psychology

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

— Jeremy Collier

Idleness only leads to bad deeds

— Magnus Stenbock

Idleness of the mind is much worse than that of the body: wit, without employment, is a disease - the rust of the soul,…

— Samuel Smiles

Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

— Tom Hodgkinson

Idleness is the beginning of all psychology. What? Could it be that psychology is ? a vice?

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.

— John Quincy Adams