Examples of using "Müßiggang" in a sentence and their english translations:
Work is preferable to idleness.
- Idle hands are the devil's tool.
- The devil finds work for idle hands.
- Idle hands are the devil's workshop.
- Idleness is the devil's workshop.
Idle hands are the Internet's workshop.
No rest for the wicked.
He regrets having been idle when young.
In itself idleness is not the root of all evil. Quite the opposite, in fact, it’s a downright godly existence, as long as one isn’t bored.
We are soldiers in France, and we are citizens. Another reason to be proud, to be a citizen! For the poor, this consists in sustaining and preserving the wealthy in their power and their idleness. The poor must work there, before the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the wealthy and the poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread. That is one of the good effects of the Revolution.