 | 1839 - 428 Seiten
...catch you idle ? Are you, then, your own master ? Be ashamed to catch yourself idle, where there " If time be of all things the most precious, wasting...little enough. Let us, then, up and be doing, and be doing to the purpose, so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. Sloth makes all things... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 246 Seiten
...in sleep, forgetting, that " the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will bo •leeping enough in the grave," as poor Richard says. "If time...prodigality ;" since, as he elsewhere tells us, " Lost time ia never found again : and what we call time enough, always proves little enough." Let us then up and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 96 Seiten
...prodi;ality ;' sinee, as he elsewhere tells us, ' Lost tune ia lever found ajjain; and what we eall time enough, always proves little enough.' Let us...up and be doing, and doing to the purpose : so by diligenee shall we do more with less perplexity. ' Sloth makes all hings diffieult, but industry all... | |
 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 Seiten
...poultry, and' that there will be sleeping enough in the grave,' as poor Richard says." VALUE OF TIME. " If time be of all things the most precious, wasting...let us then up and be doing and doing to the purpose : by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. ' Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 342 Seiten
...do we spend in sleep I forgetting, that, ' the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as poor Richard says....time be of all things the most precious, wasting time mast be (as poor Richard says) the greatest prodigality ;' since, as he elsewhere tells us, ' Lost... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1841 - 316 Seiten
...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...enough, always proves little enough. Let us, then, be up and doing; and be doing to the purpose; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity.... | |
 | 1841 - 300 Seiten
...necessary do we spend in sleep ; forgetting that, " The sleeping fox catches no poultry," and " there will be sleeping enough in the grave," as Poor Richard...precious, wasting time must be," as Poor Richard says, " ths Poor Richard, Introduced Fuller Abraham for this purpose. Hence it is, that Poor Richard is 10... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 Seiten
...than is necessary do we spend in sleep ! forgetting that " The sleeping fox catches no poultry." " If time be of all things the most precious, wasting...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.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 250 Seiten
...the grave," as poor Richard says. "If time he of all things the most precious, wasting time must he (as poor Richard says) the greatest prodigality :"...enough, always proves little enough." Let us then up and he doing, and doing to the purpose ; so hy diligence shall we do more with 1ess perplexity. " Sloth... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 Seiten
...the grave,' as poor Richard says. 'If time he of all things the most precious, wasting time must he (as poor Richard says) the greatest prodigality;'...enough, always proves little enough.' Let us then up and he doing, and doing to the purpose : so hy diligence shall ws do more with less perplexity. 'Sloth... | |
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If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest prodigality ; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. 
