 | Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...be," as Poor Richard « fays, " the greateft prodigality;" fince, as he • elfewhere tells us, " Loft time is never found " again ; and what we call time...always *' proves little enough :" Let us then up and ' be doing, and doing to the purpofe ; fo by di• ligence fliall we do more with lefs perplexity.... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1780 - 612 pages
...mud be," as Poor Richard fays, " the greateft prodigality;" fince, as he elfewhere tells us, " Loft time is never found again ; and what we call time...always proves little enough :" let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpofe; fo by diligence fhall we do more with lefs perplexity. " Sloth... | |
 | several hands - 1780 - 612 pages
...rnuft be," as Poor RicKafd fays, " the greateft prodigality ;" fince, as he elfewhere tells us, " Loft time is never found again ; and what we call time...always proves little enough :" let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpofe; fo by diligence (hall we do more with lefs perplexity. *' Sloth... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 614 pages
...muft be," as Poor Richard fays, " the greateft prodigality ;" fince, as he elfewhere tells us, " Loft time is never found again ; and what we call time...always proves little enough :" let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpofc ; fo by diligence fhall we do more with lefs perplexity. " Sloth... | |
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...time muft be (as poor Richard fays} the gr-eateft prodigality ;" finee, as he elfewhere tells, " Loft 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 purpofe ; fo by diligence fliall we do more with lefs perplexity. " Sloth... | |
 | Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...enough in the grave," as Poor Richard says. ' If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be," as Poor Richard says, "the greatest prodigality;"...enough always proves little enough." Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose : so by diligence we shall do more with less perplexity. " Sloth... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...muft be," as Poor Richard fays, " the grcateft prodigality ;" fince, as he elfewhere tells us, " Loll 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 purpofe : fo by diligence (hall we do more with lefs perplexity. " Sloth... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...be," as Poor Richard fays, «« the greateft prodigality ;" fince, ai he elfcwhere tells us, " Loll 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 purpoie : fo by diligence (hall we do more with lels perplexity. " Sloth... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1802 - 348 pages
...muft be," as Poor Richard fays, " the greateft prodigality ;" fince, as he elfewhere tells us, " Loft time is never found again ; and what we call time...always proves little enough :" Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpofe ; fo by diligence fhall we do more 'with -lefs perplexity. " Sloth... | |
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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 by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but Industry all... 
