Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.
I think of myself as naturally idle. The trouble is, the 'nothing' that I do every day is not really nothing. I potter. I muck about with emails, I make coffee, I fiddle with my computer to make sure that the book I haven't started writing is perfectly synced across all platforms and devices.
Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.
I hate being idle - there are still so many things I want to do.
In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.
If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
Idle time is the devil's play.
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