 | Perseverance - 1862 - 310 หน้า
...been translated into several languages. The following short extract will give an idea of the whole — "If time be of all things the most precious, wasting...enough, always proves little enough. Let, us, then be up and doing, and doing to some purpose ; so by diligence shall we do more, with less perplexity.'... | |
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 หน้า
...review. Victor Hugo Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of. 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... | |
 | Peter J. Conn - 1989 - 624 หน้า
...in which his adages were strung together and put in the mouth of an old man called Father Abraham. If Time be of all things the most precious, wasting...proves little enough: Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the Purpose; so by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things... | |
 | Robert Major - 1991 - 354 หน้า
...doing... He that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night. . . If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality» [95-96], disait déjà Franklin. Mais le travail doit être appuyé par... | |
 | Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout - 1993 - 241 หน้า
...Fox catches no Poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the Grave, as Poor Richard says. If Time be of all Things the most precious, wasting...us, Lost Time is never found again; and what we call Time-enough, always proves little enough. Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the Purpose; so... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 หน้า
...Fox catches no Poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the Grave, as Poor Richard says. If Time be of all Things the most precious, wasting...proves little enough: Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the Purpose; so by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things... | |
 | William Marling - 1998 - 329 หน้า
...Deism ended this informing opposition. It is present for Benjamin Franklin in The Way to Wealth (1757): "If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality" (362). What is Franklin's concept of time, if not the "desire to be found,... | |
 | Mark Michael Smith - 1997 - 334 หน้า
...Poor Richard's Almanac were most popular. The Farmers' Register in 1838 quoted Franklin as saying, "If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality." For good measure, the editor added, "lost time is never found again." A... | |
 | Richard Deforest Erickson - 1994 - 108 หน้า
...fosters guilt-stress in many of us. Here, again, is that belief expanded to a fuller degree in Franklin: "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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 หน้า
...sleepingfox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says. If time be of all things the most precious, wasting...us, lost time is never found again, and what we call time-enough, always proves little enough: let us then be up and be doing, and doing to the purpose;... | |
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How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping Fox catches no Poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the Grave, as Poor Richard says. 
