All BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Quotes about “Idleness”

“Taxes are indeed very heavy - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness. Three times as much by our Pride. And four times as much by our Folly.”
“Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.”
“Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.”
“He that rises late must trot all day.”
“The used key is always bright.”
“Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.”
“Sloth 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.”
“Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.”
“Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.”
“Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues”
“We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government.”
“Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.”
“Trouble Springs From Idleness.”

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