Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended…. Idleness as such is by no means a root of evil; on the contrary, it is truly a divine life, if one is not bored…. – Soren Kierkegaard
Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind. – Henry Ford
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. – John Lubbock
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness. – George Borrow
There is a working class – strong and happy – among both rich and poor: there is an idle class – weak, wicked, and miserable – among both rich and poor. – John Ruskin
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. – Benjamin Franklin
The hardest work is to go idle. – Yiddish Proverb
Idleness gives great advantage to the tempter. Standing waters gather filth. – Matthew Henry
The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. – John Lubbock
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing. – Thomas Jefferson
The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. – Samuel Johnson
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. – Benjamin Franklin
Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of Hell. – George Bernard Shaw
Even the strongest of iron is eaten away by rust.
An idle mind is soon lost.
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed. – St. Jerome
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace. – Hesiod
Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel. – John Quincy Adams
I work to stay alive. – Bette Davis
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