Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
– Hesiod
Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
– Jerome K. Jerome
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.
– Benjamin Franklin
We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
– Eamon de Valera
Idleness is the parent of psychology.
– Friedrich Nietzsche
Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.
– Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Idleness is an appendix to nobility.
– Robert Burton
Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.
– Victor Hugo
I’m not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.
– Timothy Ferriss
