“War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin; likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory and good fortune.”
Source: The Cabinet Council (published 1658), Chapter 25
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English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, a… 1554–1618Related quotes

“A. A violent order is disorder; and
B. A great disorder is an order. These
Two things are one.”
"Connoisseur of Chaos"
Parts of a World (1942)

“The order I found was the order of disorder.”
The Bicycle Rider In Beverly Hills (1952)

“In the denial of disorder there is order.”
4th Public Talk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (19 May 1968)
1960s

“Idleness ere now has ruined both kings and wealthy cities.”
Otium et reges prius et beatas
perdidit urbes.
LI, last lines
Carmina

“Idleness is the mother of all vices, but also of all virtues.”
Men of Action
Alain On Happiness (1928)

“The poet's dilemma.. to create order in the midst of disorder”
Modern American Poetry 1950

“Order is the pleasure of the reason; but disorder is the delight of the imagination.”
Si l'ordre est le plaisir de la raison, le désordre est le délice de l'imagination.
Le soulier de satin: ou, Le pire n'est pas toujours sûr (Paris: Gallimard, [1929] 1936) vol. 1, p. 12; John O'Connor (trans.) The Satin Slipper (London: Sheed & Ward, 1931) p. xxiii.

“Two dangers threaten the world—order and disorder.”
Source: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 27, “Special Investigator Says Full Story Not Told” (p. 123; quoting Paul Valéry)