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Sloth (like rust) consumes faster than labor wears. The used key is always bright.
Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack · 1732-1758

Quotes

“Smoking I find the most ridiculous of all the varieties of human behaviour and practically the only one that is entirely against nature. Can you imagine a cow or any animal taking a mouthful of smouldering straw then breathing in the smoke and blowing it out through its nostrils?”

Ian Fleming · Goldfinger, 1959 · Primary source

“Biological creatures ordinarily prefer effort minimization in routine activities and don’t like removals of long-enjoyed benefits.”

Charlie Munger · Poor Charlie’s Almanack, 2005 · Primary source

“Bond loathed and despised tea, that flat, soft, time-wasting opium of the masses, but on his empty stomach, and in his febrile state, the sugary brew acted almost as an intoxicant.”

Ian Fleming · Thunderball, 1961 · Primary source

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Sloth 3 Industry 17 Activity 1 Diligence 14 Smoking 1 Human behaviour 3 Nature 20 Health 6 Tea 2 British culture 1 Discomfort 1 Irony 3 Effort minimisation 1 Loss aversion 1 Behaviour 7 Resistance to change 1