...literary fame, even when it can be gained in all its 1 Dr. Johnson modified Burton's precept into, " If you are idle, be not solitary ; if you are solitary, be not idle." — Johnson to Boswell, 27 Oct., 1779. 2 In his "Reward of Virtue" the Younger Pliny wrote: " Sequi...

...uncontradicted history. Voltaire, who loved a striking story, has told what he could not find to be true. " You may make collections for either of these projects,...men disordered like you, is this — Be not solitary ; lie not idle : which I would thus modify ; — If you are idle, be not solitary ; if you are solitary,...

...uncontradicted history. Voltaire, who loved a striking story, has told what we could not find to be true. " You may make collections for either of these projects,...which Burton has left to men disordered like you, Be not solitary; be not idle: which I would thus modify; — If you are idle, be not solitary ; if...

...glorious pronouncements, such as "Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel," or "If you are idle be not solitary ; if you are solitary, be not idle." seem stout props for the whole race of talkers. His memory should be a benediction at their every meeting....

...pronouncements, such as " Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel," or " If you are idle be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle," seem stout props for the whole race of t talkers. His memory should be a benediction at their every...

...solo. OVIDIO, Remedia amorìs, 5*3. 6430. L'egoista odia la solitudine. PASCAL, Pcns&s, vi, :r 6422. If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idi64.13. I .a solitude est une grande force qui préserve de bien de ptr, Hans la retraite vous n'avez...

...(ibid., 2. 504). In a letter of 1779 Johnson quotes to Boswell some of the concluding lines of Burton: "The great direction which Burton has left to men...disordered like you, is this, Be not solitary; be not idle" ( Life of /., 3- 470For Granger's Biografhical History, which Boswell also read for routing hypochondria,...

...may occur. — Muriel Spark (See Introspection, Meditation, Self-Improvement) 186 Idleness Idleness If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle. — Samuel Johnson Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating,...

...GEORGE HERBERT, (1593-1633) British clergyman, poet. "The Church Porch," st. 25, 7/ie7emp/e(1633). 5 If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle. SAMUEL JOHNSON, (1709-1784) British author, lexicographer. Quoted in lames Boswell, Life of Dr. Johnson...

...Boswell) Remember that all tricks are either knavish or childish 5126 Boswell - Life (letter to Boswell) temples of his Gods?' 6840 Lays of Ancient Rome 'Horatius' Now who 5127 Boswell - Life (letter to Boswell) Resolve not to be poor; whatever you have, spend less. Poverty...