 | 1852 - 702 pages
...lands,' and 'Diligence is the mother of good luck,' and that grand, long one I wrote in small-hand — ' Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' " "Yes, dear, those were pleasant days; I mind them well ; when he went, all went." " No, mother,"... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...thee, my friend, what poor Richard says. ' Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away...and a life of laziness are two things. Many, without labor, would live by their wits only, but they break for want of stock ;' whereas industry gives comfort,... | |
 | 1853 - 446 pages
...my friend, what poor Richard says : ' Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away...but the lazy man never; for 'a life of leisure and VOL. XXXIII. E a' life of laziness are two things. Many, without labour, would live by their wits only,... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...Seneca. LEISURE. — He hath no leisure, who useth it not. — Old maxim. LEISURE AND LAZINESS — Leisure is time for doing something useful : this...the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; so that, as poor Richard says, A life of leisure and a life of laziness are. two thhjgs. — Franklin.... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...thee, my friend, what poor Eichard says; •,employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away...this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the tazy man never; for „a life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. Many, without labour,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...thee, my friend, what poor Richard says ; ' Employ thy time well, if than' meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time fordoing something useful : this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; so... | |
 | Carl August Friedrich Mahn - Greek language - 1855 - 310 pages
...obtain biefe SKitge Wirb ber fieifnge SKatm 'galten, but the lazy man never aber ber faule 5D?ann nie; for, A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things benn ein Seben ber SBîttjie unb ein Ceben beä SÄüfftggange ift jweterlei (finb jiteiiDinge). Many,... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...that he knows enough. e, — Franklin. TfMPLOY thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away...of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. .— Johnsons cannot give an instance of any man who is permitted to lay out his own Time, contriving... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...what Poor Richard says : Employ thy tinte well, if Ihou meanest to gain leisure ; and, since thtni art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour....diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; for Л life of leisure and a life of laziness are tiro things. Matty, without labour, would live by their... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...struck up, and both parties are piously in love — according to act of parliament. — Goldsmith. MI. Leisure is time for doing something useful : this...the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; so that, as poor Richard says, A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. — Franklin.... | |
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Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour. 
