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Indolence: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Vitanda est improba syren-desidia. That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.— HORACE — Satiræ. II. 3. 14.

Variam semper dant otia mentem. An idle life always produces varied inclinations.— LUCAN — Pharsalia. IV. 704.

Cernis ut ignavum corrumpant otia corpus Ut capiant vitium ni moveantur aquæ. Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.— OVID — Epistolæ Ex Ponto. I. 5. 5.

Difficultas patrocinia præteximus segnitiæ. We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.— QUINTILIAN — De Institutione Oratoria.

I. 12. Blandoque veneno Desidiæ virtus paullatim evicta senescit. Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth, grows torpid.— SILIUS ITALICUS — Punica. III. 580.

Utque alios industria, ita hunc ignavia ad famam protulerat. Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.— TACITUS — Annales. XVI. 18.

L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits. Indolence is the sleep of the mind. i.