#idleness

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

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Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind. ↗

— Johann G. Seume

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I wonder at the idleness of tears. ↗

— Lizette Woodworth Reese

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It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they shelter themselves under a permission that it cannot be done. ↗

— Bishop Robert South

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