Lazyness iz a good deal like money, — the more a man haz ov it the more he seems tew want.

[Laziness is a good deal like money — the more a man has of it, the more he seems to want.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]

Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-08 (1871 ed.)
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