 | 1837 - 138 sider
...purse. What maintains one vice would bring up two children. A small leak will sink a great ship. 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... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 sider
...the " sleeping fox catches no poultry," and that " there will be sleeping enough in the grave ? " "If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality;" since, as we are told, " Lost time is never found again; and what we call... | |
 | William Darrah - 1875 - 200 sider
...is necessary do we spend in sleep ! forgetting that " there will be sleeping enough in the grave." Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough. Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy. Drive thy business, let not it drive thee.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1875 - 298 sider
..." But dost thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." " If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality." " Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy ; and he that... | |
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 sider
...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 - 356 sider
...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... | |
 | Robert Major - 1991 - 354 sider
...doing... He that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night. . . If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality» [95-96], disait déjà Franklin. Mais le travail doit être appuyé par... | |
 | Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout - 1993 - 241 sider
...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 - 329 sider
...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 - 334 sider
...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. 
