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Laziness

 
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The state or quality of being lazy.

Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him.
Franklin.

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Definition: unwillingness to work, be active
Antonyms: activity, diligence, energy, hard work, industriousness, industry, liveliness, willingness


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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


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Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.


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IN BRIEF: n. - Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins); Relaxed and easy activity; Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work.

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"It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all." - Indian Proverb

"Sloth is the key to poverty." - Proverb

"Absorption in ease is one of the most reliable signs of present or impending decay." - Richard Weaver

"We have so many labor-saving devices today that we go broke keeping them repaired. Everything is easier, but requires greater maintenance." - Lorne Sanny

"Towards evening the lazy person begins to get busy." - German Proverb

"The idle always have a mind to do something." - Marquis De Vauvenargues

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Laziness (also called indolence) is a disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to do so. It is often used as a pejorative. Chronic laziness may be an underlying psychological condition.

Feelings of laziness may be a symptom of clinical depression or listlessness.

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Intellectual laziness

The expression "intellectual laziness" is used[by whom?] to describe a tendency not to ask questions or investigate thoroughly, applying a kind of mental routine (availability heuristic) or just following the crowd (herd behavior).

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Christianity

One of the seven deadly sins in Christian thought is sloth, which is often defined as spiritual and/or physical apathy or laziness. Sloth is recommended against in the Letter to the Hebrews (Hebrews 6:12), and associated with wickedness in one of the parables of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 25:26). In the Wisdom books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, it is stated that laziness can lead to poverty (Proverbs 10:4, Ecclesiastes 10:18).

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