Quote by Jeremy Collier
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness

Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. – Jeremy Collier

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In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part. – Jeremy Collier

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All of the biggest technological inventions created by man – the airplane, the automobile, the computer – says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness. – Mark Kennedy

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Any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as mens taste and capacity to live it, has disappeared. Leisure has become entertainment. – Allan Bloom

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That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. – Horace

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If Joan of Arc could turn the tide of an entire ware before her 18th birthday, you can get out of bed. – E. Jean Carroll

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