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There is no kind of idleness by which we are so easily seduced as that which dignifies itself by the appearance of business, and by making the loiterer imagine that he has something to do which must not be neglected, keeps in perpetual agitation and hurries him from place to place.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-03-17), The Idler, No. 48

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Johnson, Samuel - Essay (1759-03-17), The Idler, No. 48 | WIST Quotations

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MevrouwWierda Mar 7, 2025

Knitting a lovely scarf.
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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Feb 12, 2025

A quotation from Thoreau

This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle! I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. There is no sabbath. It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work. I cannot easily buy a blank-book to write thoughts in; they are commonly ruled for dollars and cents. An Irishman, seeing me making a minute in the fields, took it for granted that I was calculating my wages. If a man was tossed out of a window when an infant, and so made a cripple for life, or scared out of his wits by the Indians, it is regretted chiefly because he was thus incapacitated for — business! I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Essay (1863-10), “Life without Principle,” Atlantic Monthly, No. 72

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WIST Quotations moves again!Feb 19, 2024

A quotation from Martin, Steve:

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HARRIS: Sitting there at that moment I thought of something else Shakespeare said. He said, “Hey … life is pretty stupid; with lots of hubbub to keep you busy, but really not amounting to much.” Of course I’m paraphrasing: “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
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L. A. Story (1991) - Martin, Steve | WIST Quotations

HARRIS: Sitting there at that moment I thought of something else Shakespeare said. He said, "Hey ... life is pretty stupid; with lots of hubbub to keep you busy, but really not amounting to much." Of course I'm paraphrasing: "Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound…

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WIST Quotations moves again!Jan 6, 2024

A quotation from Maurois, Andre:

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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
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The Art of Living, ch. 8 "The Art of Growing Old" (1940) [tr. Whitall] - Maurois, Andre | WIST Quotations

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

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WIST Quotations moves again!Nov 13, 2023

A quotation from #Baudelaire , Charles:

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One must work, if not out of inclination, at least out of despair. All things considered, work is far less boring than entertaining oneself.

[Il faut travailler, sinon par goût, au moins par désespoir, puisque, tout bien vérifié, travailler est moins ennuyeux que s’amuser.]
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https://wist.info/baudelaire-charles/64599/

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Journaux Intimes [Intimate Journals], "Mon cœur mis à nu [My Heart Laid Bare]," § 40 (1864–1867; pub. 1887) [tr. Sieburth (2022)] - Baudelaire, Charles | WIST Quotations

One must work, if not out of inclination, at least out of despair. All things considered, work is far less boring than entertaining oneself. [Il faut travailler, sinon par goût, au moins par désespoir, puisque, tout bien vérifié, travailler est moins ennuyeux que s'amuser.] (Source (French)). Alternate translations: One…

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Sarathai Jul 22, 2023

4 Stunden, 4 volle Behälter, ein sauberer Gartenzaun und ein aufgeräumter Pflanzhügel. Das Bierchen habe ich mir jetzt aber verdient. #KeepingBusy #WaschbärHomeAlone

WIST Quotations moves again!May 11, 2023

A quotation from Austen, Jane:

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There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy, and her occupations were hopeful.
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https://wist.info/austen-jane/60754/

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TheSteve0 May 3, 2023

I thought today was a good a day as any to start writing blog posts about ADHD and me. 😀

It's a quick little post.

I am looking for kind people, especially with #ADHD, to help me figure out if the thought is rubbish or not.

https://thesteve0.blog/2023/05/03/quick-note-on-being-busy-trouble-and-adhd/

#adhd #keepingbusy #selfworth #selfcare

Quick Note on Being Busy, Trouble, and ADHD – TheSteve0's Little World

WIST Quotations moves again!Mar 6, 2023

A quotation from Byron, George Gordon, Lord:

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Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing diverts it
From its sad visions of the other world
Than calling it at moments back to this.
The busy have no time for tears.
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https://wist.info/byron/31801/

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