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If a man will not work, he shall not eat.  

- Bible  

Some men are so lazy they won't even feed themselves.  

- Bible  

The sluggard does not plow after the season, so he begs during the harvest and has nothing.  

- Proverbs 20:4, Bible  

He also who is slack in his work is brother to him who destroys.  

- Proverbs 18:9, Bible  

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.  

- Thomas Buxton  

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.  

- Mortimer Caplan  

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.  

- Miguel De Cervantes  

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  

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.  

- Benjamin Franklin  

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.  

- Benjamin Franklin  

The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.  

- Napoleon Hill  

A loafer always has the correct time.  

- Kin Hubbard  

Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.  

- Samuel Johnson  

The only menace is inertia.  

- Saint John Perse  

By doing nothing we learn to do ill.  

- Proverb  

Sloth is the key to poverty.  

- Proverb  

A young man idle, an old man needy.  

- English Proverb  

Towards evening the lazy person begins to get busy.  

- German Proverb  

It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all.  

- Indian Proverb  

The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do tomorrow.  

- Norwegian Proverb  

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness, there is also the success of others.  

- Jules Renard  

There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.  

- Charles Haddon Spurgeon  

Too many young people itch for what they want without scratching for it.  

- Thomas Taylor  

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.  

- Marquis De Vauvenargues  

The idle always have a mind to do something.  

- Marquis De Vauvenargues  

Absorption in ease is one of the most reliable signs of present or impending decay.  

- Richard Weaver  

If you're coasting, you're either losing momentum or else you're headed downhill.  

- Joan Welsh  

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