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Idle Quotes

Be not diverted from your duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon you, for their censures are not in your power and should not be at all your concerns Picture Quote #1

We will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not know, rather than if we believe that it is not possible to find out what we do not know and that we must not look for it Picture Quote #1

Purge your mind of all aimless and idle thoughts, especially those that pry into the affairs of others or wish them ill Picture Quote #1

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it Picture Quote #1

I want to know which idea you’re going to kill yourself trying to make successful, not which ideas have crossed your idle mind Picture Quote #1

Any measure that establishes legal charity on a permanent basis and gives it an administrative form thereby creates an idle and lazy class, living at the expense of the industrial and working class Picture Quote #1

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No man is so idle that he cannot rouse himself just enough to get in the way of a busy person Picture Quote #1

By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view, though at a far distance, true colours and shapes Picture Quote #1

So it is with minds. Unless you keep them busy with some definite subject that will bridle and control them, they throw themselves in disorder hither and yon in the vague field of imagination... And there is no mad or idle fancy that they do not bring forth in the agitation Picture Quote #1

If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we must make allowances for the rich men’s failings, and recollect that we, too, were very likely indolent and voluptuous, had we no motive for work, a mortal’s natural taste for pleasure, and the daily temptation of a large income. What could a great peer, with a great castle and park, and a great fortune, do but be splendid and idle? Picture Quote #1

Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, if she have not resolution enough to resist idle interference... It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. Let those who would be happy be firm Picture Quote #1

Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power. We must snatch the present moment, and employ it well, without too much solicitude for the future, and content ourselves with reflecting that our part is performed. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once, may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions and barren zeal Picture Quote #1

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Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to corrupt themselves with the useless conversation of idle people, and debase the intellect from the lofty imaginations in which they are always absorbed Picture Quote #1

Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree Picture Quote #1

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing Picture Quote #1

Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock Picture Quote #1

It is but an idle waste of time to celebrate the memory of the dead unless we, the living, in our lives strive to show ourselves not unworthy of them Picture Quote #1

Is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time Picture Quote #1

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Thinking is but an idle waste of thought, and nought is everything and everything is nought Picture Quote #1

We do not live for idle amusement. I would not run round a corner to see the world blow up Picture Quote #1

I decided that the devil finds work for idle hands and thanked him for his suggestion Picture Quote #1

He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion Picture Quote #1

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labour and there is invisible labour Picture Quote #1

Idle is the day and lantern the hour as I delight in the splendor of your kiss grog Picture Quote #1

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The poet and the painter are only truly great by the mutual influences of their studies, and the jealousy of glory has only produced an idle contest Picture Quote #1

All, the intelligent and stupid, diligent and idle, have been swept along on a current of increased output that, in the usual case, owed nothing whatever to their efforts Picture Quote #1

Invariably pure and austere, poets mostly starve to death embracing empty mountains, and when white clouds have no master, they just drift off, idle thoughts carefree Picture Quote #1

Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, tears from the depth of some divine despair Picture Quote #1

He hates chess. He says it is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something clever when they are only wasting their time Picture Quote #1

If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money, idle curiosity, iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth, what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities Picture Quote #1

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Be not diverted from your duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon you, for their censures are not in your power and should not be at all your concerns (Idle Quotes) We will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not know, rather than if we believe that it is not possible to find out what we do not know and that we must not look for it (Idle Quotes) Purge your mind of all aimless and idle thoughts, especially those that pry into the affairs of others or wish them ill (Idle Quotes) All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it (Idle Quotes) I want to know which idea you’re going to kill yourself trying to make successful, not which ideas have crossed your idle mind (Idle Quotes) Any measure that establishes legal charity on a permanent basis and gives it an administrative form thereby creates an idle and lazy class, living at the expense of the industrial and working class (Idle Quotes) No man is so idle that he cannot rouse himself just enough to get in the way of a busy person (Idle Quotes) By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view, though at a far distance, true colours and shapes (Idle Quotes) So it is with minds. Unless you keep them busy with some definite subject that will bridle and control them, they throw themselves in disorder hither and yon in the vague field of imagination... And there is no mad or idle fancy that they do not bring forth in the agitation (Idle Quotes) If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we must make allowances for the rich men’s failings, and recollect that we, too, were very likely indolent and voluptuous, had we no motive for work, a mortal’s natural taste for pleasure, and the daily temptation of a large income. What could a great peer, with a great castle and park, and a great fortune, do but be splendid and idle? (Idle Quotes) Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, if she have not resolution enough to resist idle interference... It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. Let those who would be happy be firm (Idle Quotes) Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power. We must snatch the present moment, and employ it well, without too much solicitude for the future, and content ourselves with reflecting that our part is performed. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once, may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions and barren zeal (Idle Quotes) Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to corrupt themselves with the useless conversation of idle people, and debase the intellect from the lofty imaginations in which they are always absorbed (Idle Quotes) Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree (Idle Quotes) Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing (Idle Quotes) Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock (Idle Quotes) It is but an idle waste of time to celebrate the memory of the dead unless we, the living, in our lives strive to show ourselves not unworthy of them (Idle Quotes) Is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time (Idle Quotes) Thinking is but an idle waste of thought, and nought is everything and everything is nought (Idle Quotes) We do not live for idle amusement. I would not run round a corner to see the world blow up (Idle Quotes) I decided that the devil finds work for idle hands and thanked him for his suggestion (Idle Quotes) He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion (Idle Quotes) A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labour and there is invisible labour (Idle Quotes) Idle is the day and lantern the hour as I delight in the splendor of your kiss grog (Idle Quotes) The poet and the painter are only truly great by the mutual influences of their studies, and the jealousy of glory has only produced an idle contest (Idle Quotes) All, the intelligent and stupid, diligent and idle, have been swept along on a current of increased output that, in the usual case, owed nothing whatever to their efforts (Idle Quotes) Invariably pure and austere, poets mostly starve to death embracing empty mountains, and when white clouds have no master, they just drift off, idle thoughts carefree (Idle Quotes) Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, tears from the depth of some divine despair (Idle Quotes) He hates chess. He says it is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something clever when they are only wasting their time (Idle Quotes) If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money, idle curiosity, iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth, what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities (Idle Quotes)

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