"Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron."

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"Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

Idleness,

"I wonder at the idleness of tears."

Lizette Woodworth Reese, American Poet

Idleness, Tears, Wonder

"It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness."

George Borrow, British Author

Idleness,

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

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Idleness, Trouble

"Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish."

Francois Rabelais, French Clergyman

Idleness, World

"Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value."

Benjamin Jowett, English Theologian

Idleness, Results, Value, Will

"Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron."

Ezra Cornell, American Businessman

Idleness, Mind

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"I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff."

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"I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice."

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"I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can be traced the most distant relationship. I go for the improvement instead of the deterioration of our race."

Marriage, Determination, Improvement, Practice

"The summer of 1830 I... blasted the tunnel through the rock to take water from the dam above the falls for the mill... In 1831 we lowered the tunnel four feet, and built a new dam across the creek."

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"As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers."

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"I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon."

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"Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds."

"I wonder at the idleness of tears."

"It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness."

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

"Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish."

"Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value."

"Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron."

Explore more quotes by Ezra Cornell

"I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff."

"I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice."

"I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can be traced the most distant relationship. I go for the improvement instead of the deterioration of our race."

"The summer of 1830 I... blasted the tunnel through the rock to take water from the dam above the falls for the mill... In 1831 we lowered the tunnel four feet, and built a new dam across the creek."

"I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise."

"Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron."

"There is a great reform required in the education and habits of females."

"As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers."

"I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon."

"Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1000 apple trees agrowing."