14 Quotes Tagged: lazy

"Somebody has said that dust is matter in the wrong place. The same definition applies to nine-tenths of those called lazy. They are people gone astray in a direction that does not answer to their temperament nor to their capacities. In reading the biography of great men, we are struck with the number of "idlers" among them. They were lazy so long as they had not found the right path; afterwards they became laborious to excess. Darwin, Stephenson, and many others belonged to this category of idlers."

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When you're working, some people relax and wait for the invisible right time, but when they see your fortune, they wake up and strategize an envious attack.

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Humankind above all is lazy.

Don't wait for people to dress your bed for you, do it yourself and you'll be glad to sleep and feel relaxed.