Definition of Indolence

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Indolence

Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc.

The quality or condition of being indolent; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity.

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Indolence Quotations

Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
Luc de Clapier

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.
Lord Chesterfield

Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.
Abu Bakr

I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.
Bern Williams

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.
John Mason Brown

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Indolence Translations

indolence in Norwegian is treghet, lathet

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