Just reading my mum's old Saga magazines and came across an article
comparing indolence with laziness. As many of my pupils with learning
difficulties receive the title of 'lazy' I read on. The author
suggested that whereas laziness is absence of effort, indolence
concentrates the mind. He used a quote by Oscar Wilde to illustrate
his theory - when asked what sort of a day he'd had at work, Oscar
replied "Good thanks. In the morning I added a comma to my new poem.
In the afternoon I removed it."