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Full Idea
I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them.
Gist of Idea
It is better to watch the hours pass, than trying to fill them
Source
E.M. Cioran (The Trouble with Being Born [1973], 01)
Book Ref
Cioran,E.M.: 'The Trouble with Being Born', ed/tr. Richard Howard [Penguin 2012], p.2
A Reaction
As Nietzsche would have pointed out, this came from a man who regularly wrote books. It is, though, certainly worth asking whether the way we fill our time is better than doing nothing.