| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...friend, what Poor Richard says ; " Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure , and, lince thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour."...something useful: this leisure the diligent man will •btain, but the laxy man never; for, "A life »f leisure and a life of laziness are two things. Many,... | |
| 1812 - 314 pages
...man afford himself no leisure? — I will tell thee, my friend, what poor Richard says: "Employ lliy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and' since thou art not sure of a minute,- throw not Sway an hour." Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain,... | |
| 1812 - 314 pages
...; this leisure 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." Do you imagine that sloth will afford you more comfort than labour? no; for, as poor Richard says,... | |
| George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...thy time well, if thou mean • est to g»in leisure ; and sinc# thou art not sure of a minute, thiow not away an hour." Leisure is time for doing something'...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." ' ' •'—... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 pages
...afford himself no leisure ? — I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy lime well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since...and a life of laziness are two things. Many, without labor, would live by tfieir wits only, but they break for want of stock ; whereas industry gives comfort,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1819 - 520 pages
...himself no leisure ?' — I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy VOL. i. H time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since...art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisurte is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...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;...away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useMORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL. 77 fill ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, bnt the lazy man never... | |
| Apprentices - 1821 - 156 pages
...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...life of laziness are two things. Many without labour, \A!ould live by their wits only, but they break for want of stock ;" whereas, industry gives comfort,... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...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;...away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something usefill ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; for ' a life of leisure... | |
| Cooking - 1821 - 24 pages
...your family, and your country. ' Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and jince thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour." Leisure is time fr doing something useful : this leisure the diligeot man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; for,... | |
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