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This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible
Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant,
remains fruitless.
Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant,
remains fruitless.
Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.
Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.
Thus idly busy rolls their world away.
Thus idly busy rolls their world away.
Perfection is the child of time.
Perfection is the child of time.
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.
The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
