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Dwight L. Moody: A good many people are complaining all the time about themselves, and crying…

A good many people are complaining all the time about themselves, and crying out, "My leanness! my leanness!" when they ought rather to say, "My laziness! my laziness!"

In today’s wordsA lot of people are always complaining about themselves, crying "I'm so spiritually weak!" when what they ought to say is "I'm so lazy!"

Dwight L. MoodyCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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