“For the most part the slothful, while he neglects to do things that are necessary, sets before him some that are difficult, but is inconsiderately afraid of others; and so, as though finding something that he may reasonably fear, he satisfies himself that he has good reason for remaining torpid. To him it is rightly s…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 3, Chapter 15
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4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
— Proverbs 20:4 —
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?