 | 1825 - 767 Seiten
...himself no leisure!' 1 will tell thee, my friend, what pour Richard says : Employ thy time well, il tliou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure...minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for duing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; for, A... | |
 | Jabez Burns - 1829 - 352 Seiten
...Provision is the foundation of hospitality, and thrift the fuel of magnificence. — Sir P. Sidney. Leisure is time for doing something useful ; — this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the easy man never ; so that, as poor Richard says, a life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things.... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 300 Seiten
...strokes fell great oaks.' 14 " Methinks I hear some of you say, ' must a man afford himself no leisure ?' I will tell thee my friend what Poor Richard says...diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never; for, ' a life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things.' 15 " 'Many, without labor, would live... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 275 Seiten
...strokes fell great oaks." * Methinks I hear some of you say, " Must a man aflord himself no leisuie?" I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says:...Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; und, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour." Leisure is time for doing something... | |
 | 1832
...strokes fell great oaks.' " Methinks I hear some of you say, ' Must a man afford himself no leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says ; ' Employ thy time well, if thon meanest to gain leisure ; and, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure... | |
 | 1833
...strokes fell great oaks." Methinks I hear some of you say, " must a man afford himself no leisure ?" I will tell thee, my friend, what poor Richard says; "employ thy time well, if tliou meanest to gain leisure , and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour." Leisure... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 192 Seiten
...strokes fell great oaks.' " Methinks I hear some of you say, 'Must a man afford himself no leisure?' I will tell thee. my friend, what Poor Richard says...throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing somethinguseful : this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; for, ' A life... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1836
...strokes fell great oaks. "Methinks I hear some of you say, 'Must a man afford himself no leisure ? ' I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says,...diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never; for JL life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. Many, without labor, would live by their... | |
 | 1837
...least productive, for praters may suggest an idea, if they cannot start one. The Rev. CC Cation. 253. Leisure is time for doing something useful : this...will obtain, but the lazy man never; so that, as poor Kichard lays, A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. Franklin, 254. Why Honor is... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1839 - 307 Seiten
...you are weak-handed, but by diligence and patience, the mouse ate into the cable. "Employ time well; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Yet depend not too much upon thine own industry, frugality and prudence, though they are excellent... | |
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Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a man afford himself no leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says: Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. 
