indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. From LearnThat.org. [Gandhi (1869 - 1948)]
Seated, without doing anything, the greater part of the day, in an armchair of red wood, he bitterly complained of what he called the indolence and ignorance of his countrymen. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
For the word indolence, it merely says, "the quality or state of being indolent.". From Wordnik.com. [Things found on the way to other things.] Reference
But indolence is the mother of vice, and not only to little children might Doctor Watts have asserted that. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
The reason for my new indolence is perfectly simple: Tokyo is so crowded that it doesn't have space for sports. From Wordnik.com. [No-Fat City] Reference
If the Epicurean definition of happiness is just, that it consists in indolence of body, and tranquillity of mind, the. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Emily Montague] Reference
The word indolence has been greatly misused in the sense of little love for work and lack of energy, while ridicule has concealed the misuse. From Wordnik.com. [The Indolence of the Filipino] Reference
To an active mind, indolence is more painful than labor; and the first months of my liberty will be occupied and amused in the excursions of curiosity and taste. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
A glut is a low price of commodities relative to leisure and "indolence" -- a leisured society. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
"Hey baby, you know, indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy …. so how ’bout a hummer.". From Wordnik.com. [BEN KINGSLEY CHANNELS ‘THE DUDE’] Reference
While the word "indolence" may not cover everyone in the Religious Reich, prideful covers them all very well. From Wordnik.com. [Things found on the way to other things.] Reference
But this kind of indolence respecting what does not immediately concern them seems to characterise the Danes. From Wordnik.com. [Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark] Reference
Their whole weight half in indolence, and half. From Wordnik.com. [Aurora Leigh] Reference
It was the indolence which is perfectly consistent with a course of tremendous and sustained energy. From Wordnik.com. [The Dictator] Reference
"indolence" on the part of a working class whose real wages are low. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
For starters, we do have plenty of time for indolence. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Vanderkam: The Art of Productivity] Reference
Aha! Proof that more generous benefits cause indolence?. From Wordnik.com. [Is Congress subsidizing slackers?] Reference
Unconsciously we drew away from the sleepy indolence of Perpignan and. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
The Kernses say the bureaucratic indolence dragged on for four long years. From Wordnik.com. [Gold In Them Thar Hills] Reference
Much more of their time they pass in indolence, resigned to sleep and repasts. From Wordnik.com. [Tacitus on Germany] Reference
We may claim to like indolence, but we certainly don't choose it when it's an option. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Vanderkam: The Art of Productivity] Reference
That fall, to which he referred upon every occasion, served as an excuse for his indolence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The saying read, "People are polished through adversity, and are ruined through indolence.". From Wordnik.com. [Loving Our Neighbors] Reference
Try works by storied lounger Keats, who pined away for "evenings steep'd in honied indolence.". From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Cook: What Brazilians Can Teach Us About Relaxation] Reference
"There will be no place for any corruption or indolence in the system," he vowed last September. From Wordnik.com. [UNCLOGGING THE COURTS] Reference
In spite of his slackness -- in spite of his indolence -- he could be relied on to keep his word. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
And spoiled she was, or perhaps naturally inclined to indolence, for he wrote her a few years later. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
And we shall yet see the Australian sweeping before him the indolence of the Birman and the Javanese. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Everything succumbed to indolence and inertia as intentions transmuted magically into disappointments. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Crackle] Reference
But in the end, for investors, indolence is benign, while the cost of constantly churning a portfolio is ruinous. From Wordnik.com. [Mix Market Timing With Buy-And-Hold For Better Returns] Reference
As poverty waits upon the steps of indolence, so upon such poverty brood equivocations, subterfuges, lying denials. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
His natural indolence of manner, under which was hidden much more energy than people gave him credit for, vanished on the instant. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Lolling indolence was in the air and plenty in the larder: big fruits, strange game, which they cooked in a makeshift oven consisting of. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
An "Ode to a Time Log" may not sound as enticing as an ode on indolence, but there is great freedom in logging time in our distracted age. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Vanderkam: The Art of Productivity] Reference
The native princes, reared in vice and indolence, will be speedily found unfit to meet the requisitions of a people growing in instruction. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
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