The hardest work of all is to do nothing. – Proverb
He that is doing nothing is seldom in need of helpers. – Proverb
By doing nothing we learn to do ill. – Proverb
Sloth is the key to poverty. – Proverb
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devils home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves. – Anne Baxter
The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Matthew 9:37 – Bible
The sluggard does not plow after the season, so he begs during the harvest and has nothing. Proverbs 20:4 – Bible
Some men are so lazy they wont even feed themselves. – Bible
If a man will not work, he shall not eat. – Bible
He also who is slack in his work is brother to him who destroys. Proverbs 18:9 – Bible
Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree. – Ambrose Bierce
Expect poison from standing water. – William Blake
Any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as mens taste and capacity to live it, has disappeared. Leisure has become entertainment. – Allan Bloom
Idleness is an appendix to nobility. – Robert Burton
Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. – Miguel de Cervantes
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
I dont think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. – Agatha Christie
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. – Jeremy Collier
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
