“I decided that the devil finds work for idle hands and thanked him for his suggestion.”
Home is the Hangman (1975)
Source: The Woodlanders (1887), Ch. XIX
“I decided that the devil finds work for idle hands and thanked him for his suggestion.”
Home is the Hangman (1975)
This quote was actually composed by Louis Nizer, and published in his book, Between You and Me (1948).
Misattributed
Variant: He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.
Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 4, hadith number 543
Sunni Hadith
Neville Cardus in the Manchester Guardian, 1935; reprinted in his The Delights of Music (1966) p. 56.
Criticism
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 345.
ll. 25-29.
A Satire Against Mankind (1679)