Sentences with phrase «day idleness»

Now no longer a child, I know that clouds are of various types — cirrus, cumulus, cirrocumulus, cirrocumulus castellanus — and that they portend rain or merely reflect the summer - day idleness that I have no time for.

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By the time of the Maccabees, for example, the practice of keeping the Sabbath was so central to Judaism that, according to Josephus, the Romans had to exempt the Jews from military service because they were useless as soldiers on the Sabbath.12 Seneca could not understand the Sabbath exercise and chided the Jews for spending every seventh day of their lives in idleness.13

No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till to - morrow what you can do to - day.»

There is real value in being connected to the current problems of the day, rather than the idleness of «retirement.»

When a day of adventure (or idleness) comes to a close and travelers» thoughts turn to food, Playa del Carmen offers a wide range of culinary delights steeped in the tradition of world - renowned Mexican cuisine, from fine dining to simpler fare for the more budget conscious traveler.

This has been a week of enforced idleness: I've been reminded, yet again, that capping off a demanding seminar tour by spending an entire day with the teeming masses in various airport terminals and airplanes is a great way to get sick.