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| Lazy Days |
It is by his activities and not by enjoyment that man feels he is alive. In idleness we not only feel that life is fleeting, but we also feel lifeless. Stephen Venables
It is better to be part of the idle rich class than be part of the idle poor class. Elbert Cunard
It is idle to attempt to talk a young woman out of her passion: love does not lie in the ear. Horatio Walpole
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. William Hazlitt
The idle mind knows not what it is it wants. Quintus Ennius
If a soldier or laborer complains of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing. Pascal
Laziness is the mother of nine inventions out of ten. Philip K. Saunders
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual. Oscar Wilde
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. Charlie McCarthy
Love is born of Idleness and, once born, by idleness is fostered. Ovid
If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person, they will find an easier way to do it. Stephan Gleeson
You cannot teach people to be idle, for they either grasp the concept or lay down. Finley Flack
I am retired leisure. I am to be met with in trim gardens. I am already come to be known by my vacant face and careless gesture, perambulating at no fixed pace nor with any settled purpose. I walk about; no to and from. Charles Lamb
Idleness is a mother. She has a son, robbery, and a daughter, hunger. Victor Hugo
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Absence of occupation is not rest. A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. William Cowper
Passions are less mischievous than boredom, for passions tend to diminish, boredom to increase. Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly
When I rest, I rust. Proverb
Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that there is nothing important to do. Murphy’s Law
It is because artists do not practice, patrons do not patronize, crowds do not assemble to reverently worship the great work of doing nothing, that the world has lost its philosophy and even failed to invent a new religion. G. K. Chesterton
Procrastination means never having to say you're sorry. Angus Duncan
A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity. Robert Louis Stevenson
The incompetent professional, bluffs and procrastinates, moving the responsibility for the completion of a task onto someone else. Brian Bronzite
It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all. James Thurber
I fell asleep reading a dull book, and I dreamt that I was reading on, so I woke up from sheer boredom and read the final page. Dustin Ian Combs
There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them. Joseph Roux
One can be bored until boredom becomes the most sublime of all emotions. Logan Pearsall Smith
Life, as it is called, is for most of us on long postponement. Henry Miller
The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today. Mark Hammond
Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time. Malcolm Muggeridge
If we examine well the diverse effects of boredom, we shall find that it causes us to neglect more duties than does interest. LA Rochefoucauld
Expect poison from the standing water. William Blake
Too much rest itself becomes a pain. Homer
Procrastination is the thief of time. Edward Young
What use is a good head if the legs won't carry it. Ian Irving
We are always getting ready to live, but never living. Emerson
Boredom; the desire for desires. Leo Tolstoy
