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The state or quality of being lazy.
Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him.Franklin.
Laziness
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- The quality or state of being lazy: idleness, indolence, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, sluggardness, sluggishness. Informal do-nothingism. See industrious/lazy.
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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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In philosophies and religions
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).
- Carl Honore: In Praise of Slowness, 2005, ISBN 0-06-075051-0
- Paul Lafargue (transl. Len Bracken): The Right To Be Lazy (1883) ISBN 1-892355-03-5
- Corinne Maier:
- Hello Laziness! - Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay, 2005, ISBN 0-7528-7186-2
- Bonjour Laziness! - How to Work as Little as Possible (Just Like the French), 2005, ISBN 0-375-42373-7
- Bonjour paresse - De l'art et la nécessité d'en faire le moins possible en entreprise, 2004, ISBN 2-84186-231-3
- Bertrand Russell: In Praise of Idleness - And Other Essays, 1935, ISBN 0-415-32506-4
- John Steinbeck: The Log from the Sea of Cortez, 1951, ISBN 0141186070.
- "Only in laziness can one achieve a state of contemplation which is a balancing of values, a weighing of oneself against the world, and the world against itself."
- Tom Hodgkinson: How To Be Free, 2006, ISBN 0-241-14321-7
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