Poverty is the reward of idleness. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Where there's a Will, there's a way.
- Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
- Every man for himself, and God for us all.
- Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
- No bees, no honey, no work, no money.
- No pains, no gains.
- God helps them that help themselves.
- Never put off till tomorrow What may be done today.
- Who lives by hope, will die by hunger.
- Get thy spindle and thy distaff ready and God will send thee flax.
- While it is fine weather mend your sails.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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The sleepy fox has seldom feathered breakfasts.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Si dormit lupula, non currit in os ovis ulla.
If the hop sleeps, it does not run into the mouth of any sheep.
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Serpens nisi edat serpentem, draco non fiet.
Unless the serpent eats the serpent, it will not become a dragon.
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Dormienti vulpi cadit intra os nihil.
Nothing falls into the mouth of a sleeping fox.
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Dormientibus bona non deferuntur.
Goods are not conveyed to those who sleep.
French
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Renard qui dort la grasse matinée, n'a pas la gueule emplumée.
Renard, who sleeps in, doesn't have a feathered face.
German
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Ein schlafender Fuchs fängt kein Huhn.
A sleeping fox does not catch a chicken.
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Dem schlafenden Wolf läuft kein Schaf ins Maul.
No sheep walks into the mouth of a sleeping wolf.
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Ein Wolf im Schlaf fängt nie ein Schaf.
A wolf in his sleep never catches a sheep.
Czech
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Chceš-li z pole bráti, musíš na ně dáti.
If you want to take from the field, you must give to them.
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Kdo chce něco míti, ten se musí přičiniti.
Whoever wants to have something must contribute.
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Kdo dělá, vydělá.
He who works, earns.