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Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.
Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
[Fr., L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits.]
Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
[Fr., L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits.]
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.
[Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.]
That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.
[Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.]
Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by
indolence.
[Lat., Utque alios industria, ita hunc read more
Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by
indolence.
[Lat., Utque alios industria, ita hunc ignavia ad vamam
protulat.]
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Were't not affection chains thy tender days
To the sweet glances of thy honored love,
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Were't not affection chains thy tender days
To the sweet glances of thy honored love,
I rather would entreat thy company
To see the wonders of the world abroad
Than, living dully sluggardized at home,
Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness.
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.