"We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service."

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Source : "The Fable of the Bees". Book by Bernard Mandeville. Remark V, p. 267, 1732.

Bernard de Mandeville

#Lazy Quotes #Laziness Quotes

“But before we die, how shall we live? I say with hope and dignity; and if premature death is the result, that death has a meaning reactionary suicide can never have. It is the price of self-respect.”
“A woman indeed can't properly be said to choose, all that is allowed her, is to refuse or accept what is offered.”

Source : 1706 Some Reflections upon Marriage Occasion'd by the Duke and Duchess of Mazarine's Case which is also consider'd, preface (1706 edn).
“I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time.”
“Respect the way characters may change once they've got 50 pages of life in them. Revisit your plan at this stage and see whether certain things have to be altered to take account of these changes.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction (part two)" by Rose Tremain, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
“Today be happy with what you have - not discontent with what you don't have.”
“Prayer and humility, along with a hatred for sin, produces a â€˜mind to work.â€™ â€˜So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to workâ€™ (Nehemiah 4:6). True revivals of holiness always produce workers. Books and seminars and lectures donâ€™tâ€”but revival does!”
“There's nothing I'd rather do than make music. It's the love of my life.”
“FREEDOM CANNOT BE LICENSED, liberties cannot be regulated and rights cannot be granted. History teaches us that when the rights and liberties of a free people have restrictions upon them, they cease to be freedoms and rights. Instead, the government becomes like a king, bestowing privileges upon the chosen few and servitude upon everyone else.”

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