The real source of almost all our crimes, if the trouble is taken to trace them to a common origin, will be found to be in idleness. – Walter Gaston Shotwell Category: Idleness
Idleness is certainly the Cause, and Busyness the never-failing Cure of Melancholy. – Author unknown, circa mid-1700s, possibly Charles Palmer Category: Idleness
Hunger is not the worst feature of unemployment; idleness is. – William E. Barrett Category: Idleness
There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. – Edward Young Category: Poetry
In an underdeveloped country, don’t drink the water; in a developed country, don’t breathe the air. – Changing Times magazine Category: Breathing
In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature. – Wallace Stevens Category: Imagination
