Quotes by Idle Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle. Samuel Johnson idle laziness men I would rather be sick than idle. Seneca the Younger idle sick I call that man idle who might be better employed. Socrates idle might men Love does not stay idle. St. Catherine of Siena idle doe It is idle to play the lyre for an ass. St. Jerome idle ass play I think being idle is quite hard for me to do. Tatiana Maslany idle hard thinking Idle dreaming is often of the essence of what we do. Thomas Pynchon idle essence dream Paradoxically, to be truly idle, you also have to be efficient. Tom Hodgkinson idle efficient What's worse: to be idle while someone dies, or to be exiled and empty-handed? Veronica Roth idle empty dies The less money lying idle the greater is the dividend. Walter Bagehot idle greater lying Fancy brings us as many vain hopes as idle fears. Wilhelm von Humboldt idle vain fancy It's always the idle habits you acquire which you will regret. William Faulkner idle habit regret As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious. William Wilberforce idle pain taken When the idle poor, Become the idle rich, You'll never know, Just who is who, Or who is which. Yip Harburg idle rich poor Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree. Thomas Dekker stand man idle tree How these curiosities would be quite forgot, did not such idle fellowes as I put them down. John Aubrey quite down how idle If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love. Ovid person idle wish love fall Idle is the day and lantern the hour as I delight in the splendor of your kiss grog. Isabel Yosito kiss your day idle Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation. J. Paul Getty often idle nostalgia speculation «123