| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 31000 |
| QUOTATION: | It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one. Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), British author. “On Being Idle,” Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1889). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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