112 Proverbs about Idle / Page 4
61. The devil tempts all other men, but idle men tempt the devil.
62. The devil tempts all, but the idle tempt the devil.
63. Idleness is mother to all vices.
64. An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
65. The busy man has few idle visitors: to the boiling pot the flies come not.
66. The devil is always at the elbow of an idle man.
67. An idle mind is the devil's playground.
68. If you receive pay, you cannot sit idle and if you sit idle, you cannot receive pay.
69. Evil thoughts often come from idleness.
70. Idleness is to be dead at the limbs but alive within.
71. Idleness ruins the constitution.
72. Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will become broken and his torch extinguished.
73. A man devoid of religion is like a horse without a bridle.
74. An idle youth becomes in age a beggar.
75. He makes idle boasting.
76. Idleness is ever the root of indecision.
77. It is more difficult to bridle the tongue than to conquer an army.
78. Providence assists not the idle.
79. Study invites study, idleness produces idleness.
80. With the idle it is always holy day time.
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