Sloth Quotes

149 quotes by 107 authors

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both. — Benjamin Franklin
Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, counseled ignoble ease, and peaceful sloth, not peace. — John Milton
Cynicism is only intellectual sloth. — Henry Rollins
If you don't sleep you get run down. Sloths never get a flu, cos its good innit thats when your body's replemishing — Karl Pilkington
I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth. — Edward Abbey
The chances of a person breaking through their own habits and sloth and limited mind to actually write something that gets out there and matters… — George Saunders
Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to pride, to envy,… — Richard of Chichester
And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who… — Plato
Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice,… — Benedict of Nursia
Just as animal research tells us that gluttony and sloth are side effects of a drive to accumulate body fat, it also says that eating… — Gary Taubes
Awake, my soul, and with the sun thy daily course of duty run. Cast off dull sloth, and joyful rise to pay thy morning sacrifice.… — Thomas Ken
All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some… — Angus Wilson
The seven deadly sins of the Christian Church are: greed, pride, envy, anger, gluttony, lust, and sloth. Satanism advocates indulging in each of these 'sins'… — Anton Szandor LaVey
Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues. — Charles Caleb Colton
The more I think about it, the more there is to be said for the sloth. He sleeps fifteen to eighteen hours a day and… — Erma Bombeck
A young boy shouldn't be given up for hopeless just because he's lazy, surly, and good for nothing. Don't be discouraged by those things -… — Gracie Allen
You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might send a ball rolling through… — Leo Tolstoy
I remember once a vocational director said to Fang, "You must develop some mechanical skills - like getting out of bed." — Phyllis Diller
Everybody knows how much time Fang spends in bed. A local store that gives a 30 days' trial on mattresses gives Fang only 15 days. — Phyllis Diller
Your husband is lazy if when he leaves the house, he finds out which way the wind is blowing and goes that direction. — Phyllis Diller

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