Benjamin FranklinSloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.
About This Quote
Although Aristotle believed that sloth was the vice of laziness, it has become a more modern name for laziness. Sloth is usually seen as a vice because of its effect on one’s health, appearance, and behavior. However, sloth is also a vice because of its effect on work. Sloth makes everything difficult.
It keeps you from doing your work at an appropriate pace. When you are too lazy to get started, you are just as likely to cheat or cut corners as you are to meet your deadlines. Laziness can be very dangerous.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry makes all things easy. Industry is the power of getting up in the morning and getting to work without wasting time along the way.
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