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sluggard

«I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because the writer is soothed by the opiate of action, the crank by posing as a good journalist, and having an air hole. I dislike»
«As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: eye tooth, sluggard, sluggards, vinegar
«How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? / Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: / So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: folding, sluggard, sluggards, slumber
«The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: conceit, sluggard
«Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: ant, sluggard, sluggards
«Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest»
«Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough»
«How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest - and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man»
«Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.»