Quote by John Lubbock
The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has no

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. – John Lubbock

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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summers day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. – John Lubbock

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A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn. – John Lubbock

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The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. – John Lubbock

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There is a working class – strong and happy – among both rich and poor: there is an idle class – weak, wicked, and miserable – among both rich and poor. – John Ruskin

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Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind. – Henry Ford

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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed. – St. Jerome

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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor – Victor Hugo

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