#idle

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#idle #invisible #labor #man #thought

It is idle to await unanimity. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#idle #unanimity

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#idle #less #meeting #more #more or less

Idleness is an appendix to nobility. ↗

— Robert Burton

#idleness #nobility

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#idleness #men #sin #some #some men

The idle always have a mind to do something. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#idle #mind #something

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#every #every time #excuse #female #idleness

I'm not very happy idle. There's always this voice in my head that says, 'I should be writing.' ↗

— Harlan Coben

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Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. ↗

— Jeremy Collier

#disorder #idleness #inlet #licentiousness #makes

For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do. ↗

— Isaac Watts

#finds #hands #idle #mischief #satan