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“In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.”

Hands Would Be Busy Satan Labour Idle Mischief Idle Hands

Author:Isaac Watts

“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.”

Has Beens Said Hands Devil Active Teenager Idle Adolescence Workshops Idle Hands

Author:Amy Sedaris

“Therefore with idle hands and head I sit In late December before the fire's daze Punished by crimes of which I would be quit.”

Hands Would Be Fire Crime Late Guilt Quitting Christmas Idle December Daze Idle Hands

Book:Collected Poems, 1919-1976

Source: Collected Poems, 1919-1976

“Idle hands are the devil's playthings.”

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Author:Benjamin Franklin

“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.”

May Hands Law Order Heaven Hell Devil Idle Reign Bondage Idle Hands

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The people who are unemployed want to do the work, but the system is such a catastrophic failure that it cannot bring together idle hands and work. This is all hailed as a great success, and it is a great success - for a very small sector of the population.”

People Want Hands Together Population Idle Unemployed Great Success Idle Hands

Author:Noam Chomsky

“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.”

Stills I Can Hands Difficult Projects Devil Idle Idle Hands

Author:Irvine Welsh

“For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.”

Stills Hands Satan Laziness Idle Idleness Mischief Idle Hands

Author:Isaac Watts

“Old Flossie settle down on the other side of What-the-Dickens and dragged some handiwork out of a sack. She armed herself with two thorns shaped into knitting needles. A wodge of curlicued metallic scrubbing pad supplied the threat. 'I knit handcuffs as a hobby,' explained Old Flossie happily, and set to work. 'Idle hands get up to no good, so I like to be prepared in case I meet up with any idle hands.”

Two Hands Sides Cases Threat Prepared Get Up Settling Idle Hobbies Be Prepared Needles Thorns Settling Down Dickens Pads Knitting Metallic Handiwork Handcuffs Knitting Needles Idle Hands

Author:Gregory Maguire

“There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order to protect the more important ones. But should it come to the very last, the most important one, at this point a man must halt and stand firm if he doesn't want to begin life all over again with idle hands and a feeling of being shipwrecked.”

Ifs Men Want Giving Should Important Moments Feelings Hands Lasts Order Position Protect Surrender Firm Idle Retreat Halt Stand Firm Idle Hands

Author:Milan Kundera

“Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.”

Long Hands Past Lying Memories Flower Paper Useless Slips Buttons Idle Quotations Jewels Mischief Beads Idle Hands

Book:The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Source: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

“You should not have idle hands, you should always be working. All your life.”

Should Hands Idle Idle Hands

Author:Ivan Bunin

“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 hands make fretful minds.”

Mind Hands Idle Idle Hands

Author:Shelley Shepard Gray