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A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.

A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.

by Megiddo Message Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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Never get out of bed before noon

Never get out of bed before noon

by Charles Bukowski Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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How various his employments whom the world
Calls idle; and who justly in return
Esteems that busy read more

How various his employments whom the world
Calls idle; and who justly in return
Esteems that busy world an idler too!

by William Cowper Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that read more

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

by Sidney Madwed Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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Busy idleness urges us on.
[Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]

Busy idleness urges us on.
[Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]

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Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time,
which every day produces, and which most read more

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time,
which every day produces, and which most men throw away, but
which nevertheless will make at the end of it no small deduction
for the life of man.

by Robert Burton Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.

A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.

by Phaedrus Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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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.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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