Am I going home to idleness? No, no. My feet and hands may be still, not so the mind--that has its aspirations yet, and it will work, for it has a law unto itself. Idleness is one thing, doing is…

Quote by Lew Wallace

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When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship.

When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship.

One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.

One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.

I know what I should love to do--to build a study; to write, and to...

I know what I should love to do--to build a study; to write, and to...

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues...

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues...

Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder.

Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder.

Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder

Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder

As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to...

As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to...

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

Never get out of bed before noon

Never get out of bed before noon

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

Idleness is an appendix to nobility

Idleness is an appendix to nobility

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon...

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon...

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools

Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely

I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely