Best devil & idle Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The idle man is the Devil's cushion, on which he taketh his free ease: who, as he is uncapable of any good, so he is fitly disposed for all evil motions.”

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Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

Source: The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

“Rather do what is nothing to the purpose than be idle; that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily shot, when fliers scape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and the self-made sepulchre of a living man.”

Men May Made Self Purpose Virtue Sea Bird Devil Shots Thee Idle Idleness Self Made Scapes

Book:Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles

Source: Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles

“although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands are the devil's workshop.”

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Author:Amy Sedaris

“Idle men tempt the devil to tempt them.”

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Book:John Ploughman's Talks

Source: John Ploughman's Talks

“The idle man is the devil's cushion.”

Men Devil Laziness Idle Cushions

Book:Works: Devotional works

Source: Works: Devotional works

“Avoid idleness, and fill up all the spaces of thy time with severe and useful employment; for lust easily creeps in at those emptinesses where the soul is unemployed and the body is at ease; for no easy, healthful, idle person was ever chaste if he could be tempted; but of all employments, bodily labor is the most useful, and of the greatest benefit for driving away the Devil.”

Ifs Persons Soul Body Easy Space Benefits Devil Labor Driving Lust Employment Ease Emptiness Idle Severe Tempted Idleness Creeps Unemployed Chaste Driving Away

Author:Jeremy Taylor

“Idle hands are the devil's playthings.”

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Author:Benjamin Franklin

“Idle minds are the devil's research-and-development department.”

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Author:Robert Stacy McCain

“The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.”

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Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“As someone who makes his living as an actor, my routine varies almost every day. There are weeks I'm working and weeks I'm not. People think it must be great to have all that time off, but you'd be surprised how quickly that grass would become greener. The idle brain is the devil's playground.”

People Thinking Actors Brain Week Devil Grass Routine Idle Vary Playgrounds Time Off Greener

Author:Eric Lange

“The idle brain is the devil's playground.”

Brain Devil Idle Playgrounds

Author:Eric Lange

“I can't stand still; I find it very difficult to sit around and do nothing. I've got to have projects on the go because the devil makes work for idle hands. I've got to be going forward all the time.”

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Author:Irvine Welsh

“If I'm alone too long I think too much, and I'm not interested in doing that. That won't lead anywhere good, I'm sure. If I'm busy I tend to stay out of trouble. An idle mind is the devil's playground.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Long Too Much Trouble Devil Busy Not Interested Idle Playgrounds

Author:Lisa Marie Presley

“Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.”

Mind Names Brain Devil Idle Workshops Alzheimer Alzheimer's Staying Young

Author:George Carlin

“You can bet the rent money that whatever politicians do will end up harming consumers. ... Economic ignorance is to politicians what idle hands are to the devil. Both provide the workshop for the creation of evil.”

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Author:Walter E. Williams

“Idle time is the devil's play.”

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Author:Mark Dayton

“From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever. The Turks have a proverb which says that the devil tempts all other men, but that idle men tempt the devil.”

Men Evil Causes Devil Active Temptation Idle Idleness Fever Inaction

Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

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