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Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. Benjamin Franklin Laziness 388
A young man idle, an old man needy. English Proverbs Laziness 367
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. Benjamin Franklin Laziness 259
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. Benjamin Franklin Laziness 203
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame. Mahatma Gandhi Laziness 110
Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something. Marquis De Vauvenargues Laziness 106
As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy. Samuel Johnson Laziness 97
The idle always have a mind to do something. Marquis De Vauvenargues Laziness 95
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends. Cyril Connolly Laziness 94
The only menace is inertia. St. John Perse Laziness 94
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible. Mahatma Gandhi Laziness 92
Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise. Samuel Johnson Laziness 92
He that is doing nothing is seldom in need of helpers. Proverbs Laziness 89
Idleness is an appendix to nobility. Robert Burton Laziness 86
There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work. C. H. (Charles Haddon) Spurgeon Laziness 85
By doing nothing we learn to do ill. Proverbs Laziness 85
Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. Miguel de Cervantes Laziness 85
That man is idle who can do something better. Ralph Waldo Emerson Laziness 85
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience. Kin Hubbard Laziness 84
Prolonged idleness paralyzes initiative. Source Unknown Laziness 82
The love of indolence is universal, or next to it. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Laziness 82
Sloth never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. Miguel de Cervantes Laziness 80
Sloth, like rush, consumes faster than labor wears, while the key often used is always right. Benjamin Franklin Laziness 79
It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. Proverbs Laziness 75
Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect. Leonardo DaVinci Laziness 73
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. Mortimer Caplan Laziness 72
The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked. Napoleon Hill Laziness 71
He also who is slack in his work is brother to him who destroys. Proverbs 18:9 Bible Laziness 71
If a man will not work, he shall not eat. Bible Laziness 71
Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle. Samuel Johnson Laziness 69
Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what might be a happy and useful life. Tryon Edwards Laziness 68
Too many young people itch for what they want without scratching for it. Thomas Taylor Laziness 68
Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving promise of great genius, the first question I ask about him always is, Does he work? John Ruskin Laziness 68
Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life. William Feather Laziness 67
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. Jerome K. Jerome Laziness 67
We make a pretext of difficulty to excuse our sloth. Quintilian Laziness 66
The life of ease is a difficult pursuit. William Cowper Laziness 66
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Laziness 65
Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind. Johann G. Seume Laziness 64
Sloth is the key to poverty. Proverbs Laziness 63
The way to be nothing is to do nothing. Nathaniel Howe Laziness 63
It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts. Sidney Madwed Laziness 62
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. Jules Renard Laziness 62
Shun idleness is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals. Voltaire (Fran Laziness 62
The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Matthew 9:37 Bible Laziness 59
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. Soren Kierkegaard Laziness 57
The sluggard does not plow after the season, so he begs during the harvest and has nothing. Proverbs 20:4 Bible Laziness 56
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren. Horace Laziness 55
Life is mostly froth and bubble. Two things stand like stone: Dodging duty at the double, leaving work alone. Source Unknown Laziness 55
I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive. Lord Chesterfield Laziness 53

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