Famous quotes containing the words idle hour, idle and/or hour:
“And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections?”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“Can there be any greater reproach than an idle learning? Learn to split wood, at least.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it: every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)