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Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in the rider's hand. ↗

— William Cavendish

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It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature. ↗

— Lord Melbourne

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Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind. ↗

— Johann G. Seume

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Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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