 | Gasc - 1869
...grave,' 23 as poor Richard says. If time b« of all things 24 the most precious, 'wasting time must b« (as poor Richard says) the greatest prodigality;'...elsewhere tells us,' Lost time is never found again ; 25 and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.' 26 Let us then be up and doing, and... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1880
...catches no poultry,' and that 'There will be sleeping enough in the grave,' as Poor Kichard says. 2. ' If time be, of all things, the most precious, wasting time must be,' as Poor Kichard says, ' the greatest prodigality;' since, as he elsewhere tells us, 'Lost time is never found... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840
...catches no poultry, and that There urill be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says. " If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time...shall we do more with less perplexity. Sloth makes alt things difficult, but industry all easy ; and He that riseth late must trot all day, and shall... | |
 | sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave - 1882
...reduction in charges. and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave," as poor Richard says. 4. ' " If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time...time enough, always proves little enough." Let us up then and be doing, and doing to the purpose : so by diligence shall we do mor* with less perplexity.... | |
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 352 Seiten
...of. 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 proves little enough. Let us then be up and doing, and doing to the purpose; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. Sloth... | |
 | Hal A. Lingerman - 1988 - 352 Seiten
...the greatest prodigality. Lost time is never found again; what we call time enough always proves too little enough; let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose. By diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. Benjamin Franklin Meditation Today you can tune... | |
 | Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout - 1993 - 240 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... | |
 | William Marling - 1998 - 306 Seiten
...ended this informing opposition. It is present for Benjamin Franklin in The Way to Wealth (1757): "If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality" (362). What is Franklin's concept of time, if not the "desire to be found,... | |
 | Mark Michael Smith - 1997 - 303 Seiten
...Poor Richard's Almanac were most popular. The Farmers' Register in 1838 quoted Franklin as saying, "If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality." For good measure, the editor added, "lost time is never found again." A... | |
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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. 
