To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. View quotes by Samuel Johnson
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely. See Arthur Conan Doyle's entry on Said What for more quotes View quotes by Sherlock Holmes
There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor is a punishment
Heavier than active souls can feel or guess. View quotes by Sir Aubrey De Vere
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. View quotes by Agatha Christie
