Quote by Anne Baxter
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the d

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devils home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves. – Anne Baxter

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My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour! – Anne Baxter

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The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards morning: first of all come great dreams, then a feeling of laziness, and finally a witty or clever excuse for remaining in bed. – Søren Kierkegaard

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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive. – Lord Chesterfield

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We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds. – Adam Clayton Powell, Keep the Faith, Baby!, 1967

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He that is doing nothing is seldom in need of helpers. – Proverb

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