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Sloth makes all things difficult , but industry all easy ; and he that riseth late , must
trot all day , and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness
travels so slowly , that poverty soon overtakes him , Drive ed . - Notwithstanding
the ...
Sloth makes all things difficult , but industry all easy ; and he that riseth late , must
trot all day , and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness
travels so slowly , that poverty soon overtakes him , Drive ed . - Notwithstanding
the ...
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And now , to conclude , “ Experience keeps a dear school , but fools will learn in
no other , as Poor Richard says , and scarce in that ; for it is true , * We may give
advice , but we cannot give conduct . " However , remember this , " They that will
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And now , to conclude , “ Experience keeps a dear school , but fools will learn in
no other , as Poor Richard says , and scarce in that ; for it is true , * We may give
advice , but we cannot give conduct . " However , remember this , " They that will
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... at a period when it becomes scarce worth the keeping ? Is it that Naa ture
attentive to the preservation of mankind , increases our wishes to live , while she
lessens our ena joyments ? and , as she robs the senses of every plea . sure ,
equips ...
... at a period when it becomes scarce worth the keeping ? Is it that Naa ture
attentive to the preservation of mankind , increases our wishes to live , while she
lessens our ena joyments ? and , as she robs the senses of every plea . sure ,
equips ...
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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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