Laziness & Idleness

The procrastinator complained about not having enough time to pursue their hobbies, but idle folk have the least leisure, and their lack of productivity left them with little free time.

I don't like to waste my weekends sleeping because there will be sleeping enough in the grave, and I want to enjoy my time while I'm alive.

Whenever my sister complains that her chores are too difficult, my dad always tells her that a lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.

Mary spent her days in pointless leisure while her potential wasted away, proving that as good be an addled egg as an idle bird.

Thomas whiled away hours each day scrolling mindlessly online, understanding that by doing nothing we learn to do ill through lack of purpose.

My uncle used to warn me that the devil finds work for idle hands when they are not otherwise occupied, urging me to fill my free time with productive activities.

I constantly have to remind myself that the worst wheel of the cart creaks most, checking my tendency to complain when relatively minor difficulties arise in my life.

Instead of engaging in productive work, she spends all her time gossiping with her coworkers - the tongue of the idle person is never idle.

My grandfather often said that idleness is the root of evil, urging me to find meaningful work and stay productive.

The elderly man spent his days watching television; of idleness comes no goodness, and his life passed him by.