Quotes with laziness

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  • Benjamin Franklin Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Benjamin Franklin A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Samuel Johnson Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Jules Renard Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
    Jules Renard
    French writer (1864 - 1910)
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  • Agatha Christie 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.
    An Autobiography (1977) part III, sect. 2
    Agatha Christie
    British writer (1890 - 1976)
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  • Samuel Johnson I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl; let him come out as I do, and bark.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bernard Williams I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.
    Bernard Williams
    English philosopher (1929 - 2003)
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  • Kingsley Amis Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.
    Kingsley Amis
    English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher (1922 - 1995)
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  • Mortimer Caplan Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
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  • Anne Frank Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Benjamin Franklin 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.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Benjamin Mkapa The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness. We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and evaluate all decisions. In terms of regional economic integration, sentimentality is not enough. We really have to be frank and honest.
    September 1999
    Benjamin Mkapa
    Tanzanian politician (1938 - 2020)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards morning: first of all come great dreams, then a feeling of laziness, and finally a witty or clever excuse for remaining in bed.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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