... 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 sleeping fox catches no poultry, and... Essays and Letters - Page 75by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Euen - Education - 1848 - 164 pages
...of themselves. 6. The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and there is sleeping enough in the grave. 7. Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough proves little enough. 8. Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy. 9. He that... | |
| Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...sleep, forgetting that "The sleeping fox catches no poultry," and that " There will be sleeping enough in the grave," as Poor Richard says. " If time be,..." Lost time is never found again; and what we call tirrte enough, always proves little enough." Let us, then, up and be doing, and doing to the purpose;... | |
| 1851 - 112 pages
...made of. If time be above all tbings the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. 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. He that riseth late must trot all day, and... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1851 - 318 pages
...sleep ! forgetting, that 'the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough m the grave,' as poor Richard says. 'If time be of all things the most precious, wasting nme must be (as poor Richard says) the greatest prodigality ;' since, as he elsewhere tells us, 'Lost... | |
| Maxims - 1852 - 242 pages
...leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things. Of all poverty, that of the mind is most deplorable. 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... | |
| Charles Simmons - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 564 pages
...Time is the test of religion, morals, everything. Sh. The whirligig of time brings in his revenges. If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. Lost wealth may be restored by industry; the wreck of health regained by... | |
| Edmund Henry Barker - Anecdotes - 1852 - 360 pages
...life is made of. The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and there will be sleeping enough in the grave. If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. Lost time is never found again, what we call time enough, always proves little... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 308 pages
...sleep ! forgetting, that ' the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave,' as poor Richard says. ' If time be...most precious, wasting time must be (as poor Richard •ays) the greatest prodigality ;' since, as he elsewhere tells us, ' Lost time is never found again;... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...that „the sleeping fox Catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave," äs poor Richard says. „If time be of all things the most precious. wasting time must be," äs poor Richard says, „the greatest prodigality;" since. äs he elsewhere teils us, „lost time... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...sleep, forgetting, that ' the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave,' as poor Richard says. ' If time be...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... | |
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