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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.
You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might read more
You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might send a ball rolling through it!
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.
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate read more
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends
How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.
How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.
Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to read more
Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.
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.
Efficiency is intelligent laziness.
Efficiency is intelligent laziness.