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Idleness Quotes

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"Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value."
Benjamin Jowett
"Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value."
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"Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron."
Ezra Cornell
"Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron."
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"Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish."
Francois Rabelais
"Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish."
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"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
"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."
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"Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease."
Benjamin Franklin
"Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease."
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"Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds."
Lord Chesterfield
"Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds."
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"I wonder at the idleness of tears."
Lizette Woodworth Reese
"I wonder at the idleness of tears."
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