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" Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him... "
The Life of Benjamin Franklin: With Many Choice Anecdotes and Admirable ... - Page 150
by Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 264 pages
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Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and the Representation of American Culture

Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout - Religion - 1993 - 241 pages
...less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late, must trot all Day, and shall scarce...travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him, as we read in Poor Richard, who adds, Drive thy Business, let not that drive thee; and Early to Bed,...
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Early American Writing

Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce...travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him, as we read in Poor Richard, who adds, Drive thy Business, let not that drive thee; and Early to Bed,...
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On the Third Hand: Humor in the Dismal Science, an Anthology

Caroline Postelle Clotfelter - Business & Economics - 1996 - 356 pages
...while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep. Let us then be up and doing. He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night. How much more [time] than is necessary do we spend in sleep! . . . forgetting that the sleeping fox...
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Working Class Community: Some General Notions Raised by a Series ..., Volume 120

Brian Jackson - England, Northern - 1998 - 202 pages
...than wishbones. Laziness makes all things difficult but industry makes all easy; and he that riscth late must trot all day and shall scarce overtake his...travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. So said Benjam1n Franklin, American statesman and scientist, the inventor of the lightning conductor....
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Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 76 pages
...would double his troubles. Don't throw stones at your neighbours', if your own Windows are glass. He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night. He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that can compose books. After crosses and losses, men...
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A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 588 pages
...less perplexity. Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and he that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce...travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him, as we read in Poor Richard, who adds, drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed,...
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A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Walter Isaacson - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 576 pages
...laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him, as we read in Poor Richard, who adds, drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. "So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times. We may...
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The List: The Uses and Pleasures of Cataloguing

Robert E. Belknap - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 284 pages
...less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late, must trot all Day, and shall scarce...travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him, as we read in Poor Richard, who adds, Drive thy Business, let not that drive thee; and Early to Bed,...
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Poor Richard's Almanack

Benjamin Franklin - Reference - 2004 - 320 pages
...less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late, must trot all Day, and shall scarce...travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him, as we read in Poor Richard, who adds, Drive thy Business, let not that drive thee; and Early to Bed,...
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Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth: Being a 21st Century Treatise on What It ...

Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - Self-Help - 2004 - 132 pages
...are sleep-deprived. Which, of course, makes it awfully hard to do your best during daylight. *ยป He that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, This is the crux of Franklin's philosophy of getting up with the sun, using time productively, and...
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