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At evening the sluggard is busy.
German Proverb
Grass doesn't grow on a busy street.
Portuguese Proverb
Who more busy than they who have least to do?
Italian Proverb
Tomorrow is the day that idlers get busy.
Norwegian Proverb
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
Spanish Proverb
He who knows not how to employ his leisure hath more cares on his mind than the most busy of busily-engaged men.
Latin Proverb
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too bus to take care of his tools.
Traditional Proverb
If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.
Chinese Proverb
The busy man has few idle visitors: to the boiling pot the flies come not.
American Proverb
Some are very busy and yet do nothing.
English Proverb
Love is full of busy fear.
English Proverb
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
English Proverb
Towards evening the lazy person begins to get busy.
German Proverb
Everybody's busy is nobody's business.
German Proverb
He that is busy is tempted but by one devil, he that is idle by a legion.
German Proverb
A busy mother makes slothful daughters.
Portuguese Proverb
He that is busy is tempted but by one devil, he that is idle by a legion.
Italian Proverb
A busy women has a lazy daughter, a lazy women has a busy daughter.
Hungarian Proverb
Ken when to spend and when to spare, and ye needna be busy, and ye'll ne'er be bare.
Scottish Proverb
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a farmer too lazy to plant his field.
Icelandic Proverb
You get a lot of these blows, said the busy bee when he flew against a brick wall.
Finnish Proverb
None so busy as those who do nothing.
French Proverb
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