“ I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. ”
- Agatha Christie- Copy
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“ Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
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“ Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the "blessing" of idleness and won for us the "curse" of labor. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ What is undeniable is that when comforts and convenience sap our energies and idealism, inactivity secretes sloth in to our minds like a poison in the blood. ”
- Os Guinness- Copy
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“ Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The right sort of woman can distinguish between Creative Lassitude and plain shiftlessness. ”
- Robertson Davies- Copy
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“ There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. ”
- Mary Wilson Little- Copy
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“ The poor man with industry is happier than the rich man in idleness. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
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“ Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. ”
- Jules Renard- Copy
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“ Thee too, my Paridel! she mark'd thee there, Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair, And heard thy everlasting yarn confess The Pains and Penalties of Idleness. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
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“ Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness with others. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
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“ I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing. ”
- Jenny Joseph- Copy
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“ A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the more he is able to accomplish. ”
- Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton- Copy
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“ The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man does not get much further. ”
- Sir Heneage Ogilvie- Copy
- 454
“ The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. ”
- Larry Wall- Copy
- 733
“ Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness - the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected. ”
- George MacDonald- Copy
- 782
“ The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves. ”
- Benjamin Whichcote- Copy
- 2.3K
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