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

  Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
 ~inspirational sayings about Daydreaming quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.
 ~idleness quotes by E.V. Lucas

  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.
 ~famous quotes about Idleness by Samuel Johnson

  Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.
 ~idleness sayings by John Lubbock

  Idleness is graveyard of living. A life unemployed is a life un-enjoyed.
 ~idleness quotes by

  Idle people, or those without goals, soon tired of their own company.
 ~inspirational sayings about Self Improvement quotes by

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

  Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
 ~famous quotes about Trees by J. Lubbock

  Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.
 ~idleness sayings by Edward Young

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

  Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. Pooh! he whispered. Yes, Piglet? Nothing, said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. I just wanted to be sure of you.
 ~inspirational sayings about Relationships quotes by A.A. Milne

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

  Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness
 ~famous quotes about Retirement by William Wordsworth

  He is also partly idle who could be better employed.
 ~idleness sayings by

   The wise man reads both books and life itself.
 ~idleness quotes by Lin Yutang

   What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
 ~good sayings about Belief by Ezra Pound

   There is still no cure for the common birthday
 ~idleness quotes by John Glenn

   No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
 ~motivational quotes about Jewelry sayings by Mae West

   Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
 ~idleness sayings by Herman Melville, Mardi and A Voyage Thither, 1849

   The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.
 ~idleness quotes by Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954

   Many continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.
 ~good sayings about Sports by George Mikes, How to Be an Alien, 1946

   War is the only game in which it doesn't pay to have the home-court advantage.
 ~idleness quotes by Dick Motta

   Choices are the hinges of destiny.
 ~motivational quotes about Decisions sayings by Edwin Markham

   Consciousness: that annoying time between naps.
 ~idleness sayings by Author Unknown

   Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.
 ~idleness quotes by Edwin Hubbel Chapin

   There is no failure. Only feedback.
 ~good sayings about Failure by Robert Allen

   True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable
 ~idleness quotes by Dave Tyson Gentry

   To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.
 ~motivational quotes about Carpe Diem sayings by William James

   If your baby is beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time, you're the grandma.
 ~idleness sayings by Teresa Bloomingdale

   In music the passions enjoy themselves.
 ~idleness quotes by Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, 1886

   We climb mountains because they are there, and worship God because He is not.
 ~good sayings about God by Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

   We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.
 ~idleness quotes by Hilaire Belloc

   If profanity had an influence on the flight of the ball, the game of golf would be played far better than it is.
 ~motivational quotes about Golf sayings by Horace G. Hutchinson

   Poetry is nobody's business except the poet's, and everybody else can fuck off.
 ~idleness sayings by Philip Larkin

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