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    Their only labour was to kill the time;
    And labour dire it is, and weary woe,
    They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme,
    Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go,
    Or saunter forth, with tottering steps and slow.

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

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

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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Were't not affection chains thy tender days
To the sweet glances of thy honored love,
I rather read more

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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In the diligence of his idleness.
[Lat., Diligenter per vacuitatem suam.]

In the diligence of his idleness.
[Lat., Diligenter per vacuitatem suam.]

by Hosea Ballou Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace

by Hesiod Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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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.]

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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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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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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.]

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