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    So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.

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Some folks can look so busy doing nothin' that they seem indispensable.

Some folks can look so busy doing nothin' that they seem indispensable.

by Kin Hubbard Found in: Laziness Quotes,
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Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.

Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.

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Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand

Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand

by Bodie Thoene Found in: Apathy Quotes,
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Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

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The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host, and then read more

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host, and then a master.

by Kahlil Gibran Found in: Laziness Quotes,
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A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate read more

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends

by Cyril Connolly Found in: Laziness Quotes,
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Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others.

by Jules Renard Found in: Laziness Quotes,
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The really idle man gets nowhere; the perpetually busy man does not get much further.

The really idle man gets nowhere; the perpetually busy man does not get much further.

by H. Ogilvie Found in: Laziness Quotes,
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Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

by Horace Greeley Found in: Apathy Quotes,
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