Indolence Quotes

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide;

for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

Every living sentence which shows a mind at work for itself is to be welcomed.

It is not the first use but the tiresome repetition of inadequate catch words which I am observingphrases which originally were contributions, but which, by their very felicity, delay further analysis for fifty years. That comes from the same source as dislike of noveltyintellectual indolence or weaknessa slackening in the eternal pursuit of the more exact.

Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients;

action, pleasure and indolence. And though these ingredients ought to be mixed in different proportions, according to the disposition of the person, yet no one ingredient can be entirely wanting without destroying in some measure the relish of the whole composition. composition.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state;

we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

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.

It is indolence... Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good company, or of inclination to take the trouble of being agreeable, which make men clergymen. A clergyman has nothing to do but be slovenly and selfish; read the newspaper, watch the weather, and quarrel with his wife. His curate does all the work and the business of his own life is to dine.

The great difficulty is first to win a reputation;

the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.

Indolence is the sleep of the mind.

Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.

Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.