#sloth

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty. ↗

— Quintilian

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Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. ↗

— George Saunders

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I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance? ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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#laziness #sloth #work #humor