Famous idleness quotations

   All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room.  Nice Word by Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670

   The only thing wrong with doing nothing is that you never know when you're finished.  Meaningful Quotation by Author Unknown

Inspirational Sayings, Motivational Quotes, Great Words, Witty Proverbs
   Idleness is the beginning of all vices.  Good Quote by Proverb

   The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it.  Wise Phrase by John Lubbock

   The hardest work is to go idle.  Wise Phrase by Yiddish Proverb

   Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.  Famous Saying by Samuel Johnson

   A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor  Nice Word by Victor Hugo

   Hunger is not the worst feature of unemployment; idleness is.  Meaningful Quotation by William E. Barrett

   Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.  Good Quote by St. Jerome

   The real source of almost all our crimes, if the trouble is taken to trace them to a common origin, will be found to be in idleness.  Wise Phrase by Walter Gaston Shotwell

   There is a working class - strong and happy - among both rich and poor: there is an idle class - weak, wicked, and miserable - among both rich and poor.  Wise Phrase by John Ruskin

   Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.  Famous Saying by E.V. Lucas

   Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.  Nice Word by Voltaire

   To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.  Meaningful Quotation by Samuel Johnson



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