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Laziness

noun

Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work. Synonym: indolence.

Relaxed and easy activity.

Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins). Synonyms: acedia, sloth.

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"Laziness" Quotes from Famous Books

... valued in India. The poorest, i.e., those who have not the means to purchase arms for hunting, hire themselves as coolies. This is also an occupation of women, who are very capable of enduring arduous toil. They are healthier than their husbands, whose laziness goes so far that, careless of cold or heat, they are capable of spending a whole night in the open air on a bed of stones rather than take the trouble ...

— The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ - The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery • Nicolas Notovitch

... men, who have families dependent on them, can get work. Where there's a will there's a way. Downright laziness is the disease in this case, and the best cure for which is a little wholesome starvation. So, take my advice, and leave this excellent remedy to work ...

— Home Lights and Shadows • T. S. Arthur

... I was up half the night in addition, which explains my laziness this morning. I suppose you ...

— Joyce's Investments - A Story for Girls • Fannie E. Newberry

... and with other things that you want good and plenty, get specific directions and follow them. Most people won't read directions; more can't follow them. Those people have their knives out for "book farmers and professors," but you can't improve on experience and experiment by the light of laziness ...

— Three Acres and Liberty • Bolton Hall

... women, loaded with children and baskets, sit in the shade of the knobby trees which stretch their trunk-like branches horizontally over the beach, forming a natural roof against sun and rain. The half-grown boys are too lively to enjoy contemplative laziness; gossip and important deliberations about pigs and sacrifices do not interest them, and they play about between the canoes, wade in the water, look for shells on the sand, or hunt crabs or fish in the reef. Thus an hour passes. The sun ...

— Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific • Felix Speiser

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