 | Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...consumes faster than labour wears, while the used key is always bright," as poor Richard says— " But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of," as poor Richard says. — How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep! forgetting that "The... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 pages
...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 must be/ as poor Richard says, 'the greatest prodigality ;' since, as he elsewhere tells us, ' Lost time is... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...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 must be (as poor Richard says) the greatest prodigality ;" since, as he elsewhere tells us, " Lost time is... | |
 | Gleaner - 1805 - 426 pages
...consumes faster than labour wears, •while the used key is always bright," as poor Richard says. " But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of," as poor Richard says. — How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep ! forgetting that "... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...rust, consumes faster than labour wears, while the used key is always blight," as poor Richard says. " But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of," as poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep! forgetting, that " the... | |
 | T Nixon - 1806 - 176 pages
...but a wise man can employ leisure 'well ; and he that makes best use of his time, has none to spare. 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.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...rust,consumes faster than labour wears, while the used key is always bright," as poor Richard says. " But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the staff life is made of," as poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep!... | |
 | James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 424 pages
...labour wears, while The used key is always bright," as Poor Richard says. — " But dost thou lore life? " then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is " made of," as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep ! forgetting that, " The... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...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 must be (as poor Richard says) the greatest prodigality ;" since, as he elsewhere tells us, " Lost timeis never... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...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 must be," as Poor Richard says, " the greatest prodigality ;" since, as he elsewhere tells us, " Lost time is... | |
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But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says. 
