About Floyd Dell
Floyd James Dell (June 28, 1887 – July 23, 1969) was an American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright, and poet. Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile and influential American Men of Letters of the first third of the 20th Century." In Chicago, he...
More quotations tagged with “idleness”
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room.
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
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