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title: "4 Sin Sloth Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“In the Middle Ages, the sin of sloth had two forms,” he said. “One was paralysis, the inability to do anything—what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/in-the-middle-ages-the-sin-of-sloth-had-two-forms-he-said-one-was/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

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> [Pastors are highly susceptible to the sin of sloth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-h-peterson/pastors-are-highly-susceptible-to-the-sin-of-sloth/)

[Eugene H. Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-h-peterson/)

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> [There are times when one is tempted to say that the great, sprawling, lethargic sin of Sloth is the oldest and greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/there-are-times-when-one-is-tempted-to-say-that-the-great-sprawling/)

[Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/)

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> [The war has jerked us pretty sharply into consciousness about this slug-a-bed sin of Sloth, and perhaps we need not say too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/the-war-has-jerked-us-pretty-sharply-into-consciousness-about-this/)

[Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/)

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