Oscar Wilde: Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do. — Oscar Wilde

Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

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If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out. — Oscar Wilde
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. — Oscar Wilde
The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary — Oscar Wilde
All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save love — Oscar Wilde
The peasants carry their heavy hands as if they were carrying old tools. — Jules Renard
In fact of course, this 'productive' worker cares as much about the crappy shit — Karl Marx
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. — Jerome K. Jerome
Work consists of whatever a body is OBLIGED to do, and...Play consists of whatev — Mark Twain
Je ne dis les autres, sinon pour d'autant plus me dire. — Michel de Montaigne
One may be humble out of pride. — Michel de Montaigne
Saying is one thing and doing is another. — Michel de Montaigne
Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say. — Marcus Aurelius