 | Education - 1864 - 704 pages
...— " It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service ; but Idleness taxes many of us much more ; Sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - French language - 1858 - 362 pages
..." It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part12 of their time, to be employed in its service ; but idleness taxes many of us much more.1s Sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. ' Sloth, like rust, consumes faster... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...says. " It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service; but idleness taxes many of us much more ; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than... | |
 | Americans - 1859 - 80 pages
...he gained, Is a certain forerunner of sorrow. SIE MATTHEW HALE. God helps them that help themselves. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears ; while the key often used ia always bright. If you loye life, do not squander time ; for that'8 the stuff that life is made of.... | |
 | Robert Kemp PHILP - 1859 - 182 pages
...besides. It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tsnth part of their time to be employed in its service ; but idleness taxes many of us more : sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. He that spends a groat a-day idly,... | |
 | 1860 - 836 pages
...step-mother!" IT would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service; but idleness taxes many of us much more; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...— It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service ; but idleness taxes...wears, while the key often used is always bright. jij'mnll tTljtngs'. The nerve of a tooth, not so large as a fine needle, will sometimes drive a strong... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...saja. " It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service ; but idleness taxes many of us much more; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes fatter than labor... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...lays. " It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service ; but idleness taxes many of us much more ; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than... | |
 | Henry Newton Stevens - 1862 - 482 pages
...more, if we reckon all that isfpent in abfolute St oik, or doing of nnthing, with that which is fpent in idle Employments or Amusements, that amount to nothing. Sloth, by bringing on Difeafes, abfolntely (hortens Life. Sloth, like Rust, consumes foster than Labour wears, while the... | |
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... or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733. 
