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Sloth Quotes by William Shakespeare
- Weariness can snore upon the flint when resting sloth finds the down pillow hard.
- Hereditary sloth instructs me.
- Awake, awake, English nobility! Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot.
- These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor; This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.
- And to the English court assemble now, From every region, apes of idleness!
- I rather would entreat thy company; To see the wonders of the world abroad, Than, living dully sluggardized at home, Wear out thy youth with…
More Sloth Quotes
- The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. — Henry Adams
- Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree. — Ambrose Bierce
- Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as it gets.… — Anthony Bourdain
- Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. — Benjamin Franklin
- Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too. — Mignon McLaughlin
- The Slothful do not have the time to become virtuous or despicable. — Henry David Thoreau
- The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after. — John Lyly