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If time be of all things the most precious , wasting time must be , " as Poor Richard
says , “ the greatest prodigali . ty ; " since , as he elsewhere tells us , “ Lost time is
never found again ; and what we call time enough always proves little enough ...
If time be of all things the most precious , wasting time must be , " as Poor Richard
says , “ the greatest prodigali . ty ; " since , as he elsewhere tells us , “ Lost time is
never found again ; and what we call time enough always proves little enough ...
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A little neglect may breed great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for
want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost , "
being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse
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A little neglect may breed great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for
want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost , "
being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse
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| Title | Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young |
| Publisher | G. Nicholson, 1796 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 20 pages |
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