 | 1898 - 200 Seiten
...doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do; we are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.— SENECA. No ignorant, no indolent, no irreligious people can ever be permanently a free people.—ALVORD.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1901 - 208 Seiten
...and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose,...are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. That noble philosopher described our inconsistency with ourselves in this particular, by all... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1903 - 424 Seiten
...shortness of time, and yet we have more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. 15 We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as if there would be no end to them."... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1903 - 428 Seiten
...shortness of time, and yet we have more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. 15 We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as if there would be no end to them."... | |
 | 1903 - 172 Seiten
...Very few people are good economists of their fortune, and still fewer of their time. — Chesterfield. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. — Addison. 57 Many a man spends half his time anticipating to-morrow and the other half... | |
 | Abram N. Coleman - 1903 - 310 Seiten
...shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing what we ought to do; we are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be... | |
 | Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 502 Seiten
...and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose,...are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. Those who employ their time ill are the first to complain of its shortness. As they spend... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1904 - 296 Seiten
...shortness of time, and yet we have more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. 15 We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as if there would be no end to them."... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.), American School (Lansing, Ill.) - 1905 - 198 Seiten
...TIME AND VET HAVE MUCH MORE THAN WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH. OUR LIVES ARE SPENT IN DOING NOTHING AT ALL, OR IN DOING NOTHING THAT WE OUGHT TO DO; WE ARE ALWAYS...OUR DAYS ARE FEW, AND ACTING AS THOUGH THERE WOULD sE NO END OF THEM." Sгneea. Cetm-ekt, roos by American School of Covmiomttnrt at Armoav Institaif... | |
 | 1905 - 474 Seiten
...shortness of time, and yet we have more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose,...nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as if there would be no end to them." One great, I might almost say... | |
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WE all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do.... 
