 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 988 pages
...poor Richard says. " I. It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time to be employed in its service ;...sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. ' Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears ; while the used key is always bright/ as... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers - 1872 - 322 pages
...for declamation.] LESSON XLIX. THE SAYINGS OF POOR RICHARD. Adapted. — FHANRLIN. 1. WOULD it not be thought a hard government that should tax its people...service' ? But Idleness taxes many of us much more ; and Sloth, by bringing on disease, absolutely shortens life. 2. " Sloth, like rust," says the proverb,... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...that help themselves." 2. 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, if we reckon all that is spent in absolute sloth, or in doing nothing, with that which is spent in... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1916 - 376 pages
...in his Almanac of 1733. It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People oneutenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service. But Idleness taxes many of us much more, if we reckon all that is spent in absolute Sloth, or doing of nothing, with that which is spent in... | |
 | William Joseph Long - Literary Criticism - 1917 - 588 pages
...Following is a brief selection from which one may judge the spirit of the entire address : " It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people...sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while ' The used key is always bright,' as... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - Elocution - 1917 - 328 pages
...themselves,' as poor Richard 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 ;...sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. 'Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears ; while the used key is always bright,' as... | |
 | Georgia Alexander - Readers - 1918 - 266 pages
...horse the rider was lost. 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, if we reckon all that is spent in absolute sloth, or doing of nothing, with that which is spent in... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton - Literary Criticism - 1919 - 534 pages
...Abraham, the old speaker : 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, if we reckon all that is spent in absolute Sloth, or doing of nothing, with that which is spent in... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Literature - 1920 - 668 pages
...something may be done for us. 'Heaven helps them that help themselves,' as Poor Richard says. "It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people...idleness taxes many of us much more; sloth, by bringing spend in sleep! forgetting that 'the sleeping fox catches no poultry,' and that there will be sleeping... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards - American literature - 1920 - 424 pages
...in his Almanack of 1733. 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, if we reckon all that is spent in absolute Sloth, or doing of nothing, with that which is spent in... | |
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... commissioners cannot ease 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. 
