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Topic·Taking it easy✕clear

Historical literature

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Histories · 430 BC

★ 1.2

Personal journal

I am happiest when I am idle. I could live for months without performing any kind of labour, and at the expiration of that time I should feel fresh and vigorous enough to go right on in the same way for numerous more months.

1867

★ 1.8

Life is short. Work is for those who will never be able to understand life. Idleness cannot degrade a man. To the discriminating eye it differs from laziness.

1921

★ 1.8

I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing.

The Compleat Angler · 1653

★ 1.9

Film · Comedy (film) · Comedy

Michael, I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing and it was everything I thought it could be.

Office Space · 1999

★ 1.9

TV program · Comedy (TV) · Comedy

I just want to lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.

The Office · 2007

★ 2.0

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays · 1580

★ 2.1

Scripture · Religious literature

One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

931 BC

★ 3.0

Mr. Coolidge's genius for inactivity is developed to a very high point. It is far from being an indolent activity. It is a grim, determined, alert inactivity which keeps Mr. Coolidge occupied constantly. Nobody has ever worked harder at inactivity, with such a force of character, with such unremitting attention to detail, with such conscientious devotion to the task.

Walter Lippmann

1927

★ 3.4

Novel · Children's literature

After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.

Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows · 1908

★ 3.6

Song · Album · Hip hop

Rollin' down the street, smokin' indo' Sippin' on gin and juice Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind).

Gin and Juice · 1993

★ 3.8

I celebrate myself and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.

Song of Myself · 1855

★ 7.4