Sentence examples for working to idleness from inspiring English sources

I prefer working to idleness.

Many boys in fatherless families drop out of school, fail to find living-wage work and turn to idleness or crime.

Our standard for the so-called masters of the universe is not how little they work, but how hard and continuously they feel compelled to work; the idleness which was once affluence's goal now comes off as vaguely shameful.

Of course, the upsurge in jobless totals is not caused by a sudden epidemic of idleness – but we need to work hard to keep that truth at the centre of the debate.

New England was soon settled by English Puritans whose aversion to idleness and luxury served admirably the need of fledgling communities where the work to be done was so prodigious and the hands so few.

Human dignity and self-respect are undermined when men and women are condemned to idleness".

Opium deepened his "natural inclination for a solitary life" by giving a cosmic cast to idleness.

Or was it an encouragement to idleness, and an extravagance that the exchequer could not afford?

The locals "went tearfully away and were brought to idleness, ending their lives in extreme poverty", as Cardinal Wolsey noted.

It's being so averse to idleness that I multitask even when I'm having my head shrunk.

Long periods with no work led to dangerous idleness.