Work is easy...........................

...the eighteenth century German philosopher Johann Hamann, who believed that the idle have a better perspective on philosophical ideas than academics do, in part because they are less likely to get caught up in minutiae.  He would get no argument from me on that.  Apparently, Hamann could get a tad defensive on the subject of idleness:  when a friend criticized him for loafing, he is said to have retorted that work is easy, but true idleness takes courage and fortitude.

-Daniel Klein,  Travels with Epicurus:  A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life