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Manser, Martin H. "all things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth." Writer's Reference Center. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 29 June 2025. <http://fofweb.infobase.com/wrc/Detail.aspx?iPin=DOP00041>.
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all things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth

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Anything can be achieved by those who are prepared to work hard: You'll never find a job if you sit in front of the television all day—all things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth. The proverb was first recorded in 1734, in Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack.

Variant of this proverb: sloth makes all things difficult, but industry makes all things easy.

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