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There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor read more

There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor is a punishment
Heavier than active souls can feel or guess.

by Sir Aubrey De Vere Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

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An idle life always produces varied inclinations.
[Lat., Variam semper dant otia mentem.]

An idle life always produces varied inclinations.
[Lat., Variam semper dant otia mentem.]

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What heart can think, or tongue express,
The harm that groweth of idleness?

What heart can think, or tongue express,
The harm that groweth of idleness?

by John Heywood Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

by Jean Paul Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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Gloomy calm of idle vacancy.

Gloomy calm of idle vacancy.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

by Robert Burton Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

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…for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the Devils workshop...

…for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the Devils workshop...

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