 | Stephen M. Best - 2010 - 376 Seiten
...Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on" (Weber, Protestant Ethic, 49); "If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be... the greatest prodigality [since] lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough always... | |
 | Paul Zall - 2005 - 186 Seiten
...Fox catches no Poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the Grave, as Poor Richard says. If Time be of all Things the most precious, wasting Time...us, Lost Time is never found again; and what we call Time-enough, always proves little enough: Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the Purpose; so... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 141 Seiten
...as Pocr Richard fays, The greateft Prodigality, fince, as he eJfewere tells us, Loft Time is ne^jer found again ; and what we call Time enough, always...enough. Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the Purpofe ; fo by Diligence mall we do more with lefs Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but... | |
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How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says. 
