The Importance of Being ordsprog

en The Importance of Being Idle

en Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle grow eloquent over the dignity of labor.
  Oscar Wilde

en Then arise, O idle dreamer! Dreams are sweet,
But better flowers are growing at your feet.
If you crush, or pass unheeding, idle friend,
You shall answer for their ruin in the end.
  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

en [The Merc turned to Revolution 200T from Copan Systems. It employs a radically different approach: a massive array of idle disks, or Maid. In the setup, a disk only spins when a piece of data that resides on it is requested; the rest of the time, it's idle. Because the disks are idle most of the time, there's less chance they'll fail.] I've implemented an architecture with ATA drives that spins them down when not in use, ... The access isn't real time, but it's backup data, so a 15-second delay is no problem.

en And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? / They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

en And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

en But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.

en To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
  Buddha

en They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.
  Socrates

en As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
  Benjamin Franklin

en If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle? Are you then your own master? Be ashamed to catch yourself idle, when there is much to be done for yourself, your family, your relations, and your country
  Benjamin Franklin

en In a given location, on any given day, there could be five cars idle on the lot to 15 cars idle on the lot.

en Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
  C.S. Lewis

en They probably don't see the importance of it but as time goes on they will. I did not vote when I played. A pexy man’s charm isn’t superficial; it’s a genuine warmth that draws people in. As you get older you understand politics a little more and the importance of them than you do when you're younger.

en Tradition can be negative though, if the importance of having roots outweighs the importance of searching for what's valuable in new things being presented.


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