sloth

speed

trivia

algae

swimming

holding your breath

digestion

tunneling

cave

seven deadly sins

extinction

self-hate

Sloth is of all passions the most powerful.

is so inept that young sloths frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees.

My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees. Douglas Adams

is a state in which you envy those who are busy, but despise what they're busy at.

Sloth: a state in which you envy those who are busy, but despise what they're busy at. Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

is the torpidity of the mental faculties : the sluggard is a living insensible.

Sloth is the torpidity of the mental faculties : the sluggard is a living insensible.

is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People that have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

Sloth is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People that have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

has something summery, as the hammock creaks in the fly-drowsy heat.

Some sins have no season. We are as likely to be angry in November as to lose our rag in March ... There is, though, something autumnal about greed, apple-cheeked and wheat-crowned, purpled knee-high in grapes; something summery in sloth, as the hammock creaks in the fly-drowsy heat; and more than a tickle of spring in lust, as birds pair and the sap rises. Among these, ingratitude is winter, the worst of seasons.

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