On Work and Idleness

                    
         
         
   Shun idleness.  It is a rust that attaches itself to the most 
   brilliant metals. 
                                                          Voltaire 
   
   
   
   
   Winter comes fast on the lazy. 

                                          Irish Proverb 
   
   
   
   
   Idleness is the sepulcher of a living man. 


                                     
   He is idle that might be better employed. 
   
   
   
   Idle folks have the least leisure. 
   
   
   
   Idleness rusts the mind. 
                       
   
   
   Of idleness comes no goodness. 
   
   
   
   Idle folks lack no excuses. 
   
   
   
   All days are short to Industry and long to Idleness. 
   
   
   
   The lazy servant, to save one step, goes eight. 
                                          
   
   
   There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having 
   much to do. 
   
   
   
   People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own 
   company. 
   
   


   As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, 
    So is the lazy man to those who send him.
        
                                      Prov 10:26



   The hand of the diligent will rule, 
    But the lazy man will be put to forced labor.
        
                                      Prov 12:24




   The lazy man says, "There is a lion outside! 
    I shall be slain in the streets!" 
    
                                     Prov 22:13




   The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, 
    But diligence is man's precious possession. 
   
                                           Prov 12:27



   The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; 
    But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
        
                                            Prov 13:4



   The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, 
    But the way of the upright is a highway. 
       
                                        Prov 15:19



   A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl, 
    And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.             
  
                                             Prov 19:24



   The lazy man will not plow because of winter; 
    He will beg during harvest and have nothing. 
       
                                         Prov 20:4



   The lazy man says, "There is a lion in the road! 
    A fierce lion is in the streets!"   
   As a door turns on its hinges, 
    So does the lazy man on his bed. 
   The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl; 
    It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.   
   The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes 
    Than seven men who can answer sensibly. 
   
                                      Prov 26:13-16



   The desire of the lazy man kills him, 
    For his hands refuse to labor. 
   He covets greedily all day long, 
   But the righteous gives and does not spare. 
    
                                     Prov 21:26




   I went by the field of the lazy man, 
    And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;    
   And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; 
    Its surface was covered with nettles; 
    Its stone wall was broken down.    
   When I saw it, I considered it well; 
    I looked on it and received instruction: 
   A little sleep, a little slumber, 
    A little folding of the hands to rest; 
   So shall your poverty come like a prowler, 
    And your need like an armed man. 
    
                                 Prov 24:30-34


   
   Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; 
    Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
       
                                                 Prov 20:13


   
   He who gathers in summer is a wise son; 
    He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame. 
       
                                               Prov 10:5


   
   A sluggard takes an hundred steps because he would not take one 
   in due time. 
                                                               
   
   
   He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand. 
   
   
   
   Sloth is the mother of poverty. 
   
   
   
   A slothful hand makes a slender estate. 
   
   
   
   A slothful man never has time. 
   
   
   
   Nothing falls into the mouth of a sleeping fox. 
   
   
   
   An idle brain is the devil's workshop. 
   
   
   
   Laziness begins with cobwebs and ends with iron chains. 
               


   It is a great weariness to do nothing. 
         
   
   
   Idle people are generally busybodies. 
   
   
   
   A lazy spirit is a losing spirit. 



   To do nothing teaches to do ill. 
   
   
   
   Standing pools gather filth. 
   
   
   
   Idleness is the root of all evil. 
   
   
   
   Idleness teacheth much evil. 
   
   
   
   A young man idle, an old man needy. 
   
   
   
   Idleness always envies industry. 
   
   
   
   Idleness is the greatest prodigality in the world. 
                                
   
   
   He that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a 
   great waster. 
   
   
   
   The man with time to burn never gave the world any light. 
   
   
   
   Enjoyment stops where indolence begins. 
   
   
   
   Care and diligence bring luck. 
   
   
   
   Industry is the parent of virtue. 
   
   
   
   Employment brings enjoyment. 
                      
   
   
   It is a very waste of life to be and not to do. 
                
   
   
   Think of ease but work on. 
   
   
   
   He that gathereth by labor shall increase. 
   
                                          Prov. 13:11


   
   The mill gains by going, and not by standing still. 

                    
   
   Industry is the parent of success. 
                        
   
   
   If pains be a pleasure to you profit will follow. 
   
   
   
   Labor overcometh all things. 
        
   
   
   God gives all things to industry. 
   
   
   
   Labor --- all labor is noble and holy. 
   
   
   
   He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: 
    But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.     

                                         Prov 10:4


   
   It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants.  The question is:  
   What are we busy about? 

                                                          Thoreau