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It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

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He that is doing nothing is seldom in need of helpers.

He that is doing nothing is seldom in need of helpers.

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Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.

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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

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Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

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Sometimes I think that idlers seem to be a special class for whom nothing can be planned, plead as one will with them --their only contribution to the human family is to warm a seat at the common table.

Sometimes I think that idlers seem to be a special class for whom nothing can be planned, plead as one will with them --their only contribution to the human family is to warm a seat at the common table.

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Expect poison from standing water.

Expect poison from standing water.

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Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

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As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

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That man is idle who can do something better.

That man is idle who can do something better.

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Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.

Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.

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Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

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Idleness is an appendix to nobility.

Idleness is an appendix to nobility.

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Life is mostly froth and bubble. Two things stand like stone: Dodging duty at the double, leaving work alone.

Life is mostly froth and bubble. Two things stand like stone: Dodging duty at the double, leaving work alone.

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The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. -- Matthew 9:37

The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. -- Matthew 9:37

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Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

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The insupportable labor of doing nothing.

The insupportable labor of doing nothing.

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The hardest work of all is to do nothing.

The hardest work of all is to do nothing.

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Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.

Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.

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Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

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There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. People who have many such hours are simply animals waiting docilely for death. We all come to that state soon or late. It is the curse of senility.

There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. People who have many such hours are simply animals waiting docilely for death. We all come to that state soon or late. It is the curse of senility.

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It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.

It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.

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It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.

It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.

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Prolonged idleness paralyzes initiative.

Prolonged idleness paralyzes initiative.

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Millions are idle, but it's comforting to know that most of them have jobs.

Millions are idle, but it's comforting to know that most of them have jobs.

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A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

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To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

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Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.

Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.

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Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

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An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

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Shun idleness is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

Shun idleness is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

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Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.

Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.

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You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.

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The life of ease is a difficult pursuit.

The life of ease is a difficult pursuit.

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