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Jules RenardLaziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

—  Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer

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Anton ChekhovAny idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

—  Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer

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Gabriel Garcia MarquezIf God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

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Laurence J PeterMiddle age is when it takes longer to rest than to get tired.

—  Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator

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NapoleonThe most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Benjamin FranklinAfter three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy.

—  Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer

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Antonio PorchiaWhen the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest.

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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William JamesProcrastination is attitude's natural assassin. There's nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.

—  William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher

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William MaxwellI don’t know what she looked like. Most farm women of her age were reduced by hard work and frequent child-bearing to a common denominator of plainness.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

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Anatole FranceMan is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

—  Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921

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Jim RohnMake rest a necessity, not an objective. Only rest long enough to gather strength.

—  Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker

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Michel TournierWork is against human nature. The proof is that it makes us tired.

—  Michel Tournier, 1924-2016, French writer

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Samuel JohnsonWhen a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

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Francis Scott FitzgeraldThere are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

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Thomas CarlyleI've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Simone De BeauvoirIt is so tiring to hate someone you love.

—  Simone De Beauvoir, 1908-1986, French writer

Bill VaughanOne of the quickest ways to become exhausted is by suppressing your feelings.

—  Bill Vaughan, 1915-1977, American journalist

Antoine RivarolNothing is more tiring than laziness.

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

Ashleigh Brilliant Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Ernest RenanRelax yourself from one job by doing a different one.

—  Ernest Renan, 1823-1892, French philosopher & historian

Dale CarnegieOur fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

—  Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American self-help writer

Susan SontagI discovered that I am tired of being a person. Not just tired of being the person I was, but any person at all.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

Thomas MannI shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest I’ve had.

—  Thomas Mann, 1875-1955, German writer [Nobel 1929]

Bible Quotes

Gospel of MatthewCome to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

—  Gospel of Matthew ‐ 11:28

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Quotes in Verse

Louise GlückLike a child, the earth's going to sleep, or so the story goes.
But I'm not tired, it says.
And the mother says, You may not be tired but I'm tired.

—  Louise Glück, 1943-, American poet, Nobel 2020




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