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Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others.
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall read more
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Oh, if only I did nothing simply as a result of laziness.
Oh, if only I did nothing simply as a result of laziness.
How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.
How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
A great deal of laziness of mind is called liberty of opinion.
A great deal of laziness of mind is called liberty of opinion.
Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.
Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.
The really idle man gets nowhere; the perpetually busy man does not get much further.
The really idle man gets nowhere; the perpetually busy man does not get much further.
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also read more
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.
