Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
Flee sloth, for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the key often used is always bright.
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter.
False of heart, light of ear, bloody of hand; hog in sloth, fox
in stealth, wolf in greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey.
The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy And he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
Many faint with toil, That few may know the cares and woe of sloth.
Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it's only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly.
Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.
Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping its life away.
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
From fear in every guise, From sloth, from love of self, By war's great sacrifice The world redeems itself.
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