...sleep! forgetting that " The sleeptog fox catches no poultry," and " There will be sleeping enough in the grave," as Poor Richard says. " ' If time be, of all things, the most precious, then "wasting time must be," as Poor Richard says, " the greatest prodigality," since, as he elsewhere...

...in sleep ! forgetting that, The sleeping fox catches no poultry ; and that, There will be sleeping in the grave, as poor Richard says. " ' If time be...enough always proves little enough. Let us, then, be up and be doing, and doing to the purpose ; so by diligence shall we do more, and with less perplexity....

...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...things the most precious, wasting time must be,' as the same authority says, ' the greatest prodigality ' ; since, as he elsewhere tells us, ' Lost time...

...the greatest prodigality. Lost time is never found again; what we call time enough always proves too little enough; let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose. By diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. Benjamin Franklin Meditation Today you can tune...

...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...

...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...

...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 of...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...