It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

Jerome K. Jerome

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Topic

Procrastination Idleness Killing time

Author

Jerome K. Jerome

Source

On Being Idle Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Jerome, Jerome K. "On Being Idle." Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. Field & Tuer, 1886.

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Another quote from the 1880s

If I can stop one Heart from breaking
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one Life the Aching
Or cool one Pain
Or help one fainting Robin
Unto his Nest again
I shall not live in Vain.

Emily Dickinson

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Topic
Helping others

Author

Emily Dickinson
Source
If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking Poems
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1886 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking." Poems by Emily Dickinson. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist.

Fernando Pessoa

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Topic
God and man Fate vs. free will Free will

Author

Fernando Pessoa
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Portuguese
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Pessoa, Fernando (published as Ricardo Reis). "So esta liberdade nos concedem [The only freedom the gods grant us]." Odes. Edições Ática, 1952.