 | Great Britain. Scottish Education Dept - 1896 - 642 pages
...their full meaning : — 'Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace. Absence of occupation is not rest ; A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd. The veteran steed, excused his task at length In kind compassion of his failing strength,... | |
 | Leonore Davidoff, Catherine Hall - 1987 - 577 pages
...forgot, Amid the charms of a sequester'd spot. Cowper recommended rural retirement, not to be idle, for Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.86 But the mind should be employed with real duties, not those appertaining to making money.... | |
 | Tony Cassidy - 1997 - 294 pages
...often overlooked. It seems generally accepted that, as William Cowper said (inMilford, 1934, p.122), absence of occupation is not rest a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. The design of leisure facilities must also consider the preservation of the environment which is a... | |
 | Tony Cassidy - 1997 - 294 pages
...often overlooked. It seems generally accepted that, as William Cowper said (inMilford, 1934, p. 122), absence of occupation is not rest a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. The design of leisure facilities must also consider the preservation of the environment which is a... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - 2001 - 688 pages
...Gadshill robbery (1 Henry IV, ii, 2): "They hate us youth. . . . What, ye knaves, young men must live!" Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. —William Cowper, Retirement stag: drip, seep; pool. Skr togada, Gujarati tankh: pool, reservoir.... | |
 | Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 pages
...neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquillity and occupation, which give happiness." — Thomas Jefferson "Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed." — William Cowper "Constant occupation prevents temptation." — Italian proverb "Let thine occupations... | |
 | D. V. ரங்கராஜன் - 2003 - 554 pages
...a sound body 2081. A feeble body weekens the mind. - Rousseau §(5 u«u«f«Bruwr«Br 2_L«u 2082. Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. - W. Cowper 2083. An empty mind is a devil's workshop. s>irsSluMesr uimffii smffff>ff,iTesflesr uemfiuismssr.... | |
 | Sarah Jordan - 2003 - 308 pages
...faculties, severe indeed. 'Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace; Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd. (11.611-24; 122) Some lines later, Cowper again emphasizes the necessity of the retired... | |
 | Shyamal Bhattacharjee - 2004 - 100 pages
...his feet. * There is a proper value and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act. * Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. * We continue to overlook the fact that work has become a leisure activity. * The cautious seldom errs.... | |
 | D.V. Rangarajan - 2004 - 172 pages
...The mind in its own place and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. - Milton. 1 2. Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. - W. Cowper. 13. An empty mind is a devils workshop. 14. Few minds wear out; most rust out. - Bovee.... | |
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Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. 
