Quotes and Sayings about Indolence

"The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action."
- John Mason Brown
(Related: Action, Indolence, Man, Opinion, Trials)

"I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive."
- Lord Chesterfield
(Related: Indolence, Man, May, Suicide)

"Indolence is the sleep of the mind."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Indolence, Mind, Sleep)

"Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: Contentment, Indolence)

"I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy."
- Bern Williams
(Related: Laziness, Word)