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Definition of Sloth
Sloth
Slowness; tardiness.

Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.

Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico.

To be idle.


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Sloth Quotations
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.
Ovid

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
Horace

Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
Mason Cooley

The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
Harrison Ford

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
Quintilian


The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter.
Dave Mustaine

Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it's only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly.
Elizabeth Hurley

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Sloth Translations
sloth in Dutch is ai, luiaard
sloth in French is paresse
sloth in German is Faultiers, Faulheit, Faulheit
sloth in Italian is pigrizia
sloth in Spanish is pereza






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