"Idleness is the parent of psychology."
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"We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies."
"Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness."
"Idleness breeds our better virtues."
"Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions."
"Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness."
"Idleness is paralysis."
"Idleness is the beginning of all psychology. What? Could it be that psychology is ? a vice?"
"Idleness is the great plague of India."
"Trouble Springs From Idleness."
"I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses."
"Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness."
"Idleness ruins the constitution"
"Love is born of idleness and, once born, by idleness is fostered."
"Idleness induces caprice."
"Writing is busy idleness."