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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...
If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul.
If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul.
The finest amusements are the most pointless ones.
The finest amusements are the most pointless ones.
Idleness is the parent of all psychology
Idleness is the parent of all psychology
Thus idly busy rolls their world away.
Thus idly busy rolls their world away.
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand read more
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night. No time to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began. A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.
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.
Busy idleness urges us on.
[Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]
Busy idleness urges us on.
[Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]
Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure
Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure
