October 15, 2010

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After seeing work exploit and demolish the world, laziness seems like the mother of the virtues.

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  1. The original Spanish is:

    Después de ver el trabajo explotar y arrasar el mundo, la pereza parece madre de las virtudes.

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  2. The words translated as "laziness" and "seems" are pereza and parece, respectively. There is no easy way to replicate this play on words in English.

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