The lazy are always wanting to do something.

[Les paresseux ont toujours envie de faire quelque chose.]

 

Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715-1747) French moralist, essayist, soldier

Reflections and Maxims [Réflexions et maximes], #467 (1746)

Alt. trans.:

• "Lazy people are always looking for something to do."
• "Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something."