Lazy Folks Take the Most Pains

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“This field of corn has been neglected long, / The weeds are rank, quite high, and rooted strong; / These lazy men, beneath a broiling sun, / Have scarcely yet their toilsome work begun; / By ‘putting off’ the time, hard work they make, / Their toil is doubled, and more work they make."—Barber, 1857

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Groups of Men

Source

Barber, John W. The Handbook of Illustrated Proverbs (New York, NY: George F. Tuttle, 1857)

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