Plato, Laws 901a

τἀναντία ἄρα τούτοις εἰς τοὐναντίον; τοὐναντίον. τί οὖν δή; τρυφῶν καὶ ἀμελὴς ἀργός τε, ὃν ὁ ποιητὴς κηφῆσι κοθούροισι μάλιστα εἴκελον ἔφασκεν εἶναι, γίγνοιτʼ ἂν τοιοῦτος πᾶς ἡμῖν; ὀρθότατά γε εἰπών. οὐκοῦν τόν γε θεὸν οὐ ῥητέον ἔχειν ἦθος τοιοῦτον, ὅ γέ τοι αὐτὸς μισεῖ, τῷ τέ τι τοιοῦτον φθέγγεσθαι πειρωμένῳ οὐκ ἐπιτρεπτέον. οὐ μὲν δή· πῶς γὰρ ἄν;

And the opposites of these as of the opposite quality of soul? Of the opposite quality. What then? He who is indolent, careless and idle will be in our eyes what the poet described—a man most like to sting-less drones? A most true description. That God has such a character we must certainly deny, seeing that he hates it; nor must we allow anyone to attempt to say so. We could not possibly allow that. When a person whose duty it is especially to act and care for