 | Benjamin Franklin - Political science - 1840 - 342 pages
...afford himself no leisure ? ' — I will tell thee, my friend, what poor Richard says : ' Eaiploy-ttaj time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since...diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never; so that, as poor Richard says, ' A life of leiI gure and a life of laziness are two things.' Do you... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 292 pages
...Methinks I hear some of you say, ' must a man afford himself no leisure ? ' — I will tell time,, my friend, what poor Richard says : ' Employ thy time...well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since tUou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hoar.' Leisure is time for doing something useful... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1841 - 300 pages
...oaks." ' Methinks I hear some of you say, " Must a man afford himself no leisure ?" I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says : " Employ thy time...well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and, since ihou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour." Leisure is time for doing something useful... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1844 - 600 pages
...oaks. " Methinks I hear some of you say, ' Must a man afford himself no leisure ? ' I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy time...well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and, since than art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful ;... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 430 pages
...lands,' and ' Diligence is the mother of good luck,' and that grand long one I wrote in small-hand — ' Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.'" " Yes, dear, those were pleasant days ; I mind them well ; when he went, all went. "No, mother," replicd... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 pages
...remember. "Methinks I hear some of you say, 'Must a man afford himself no leisure?' — I will tell thee, my friend, what poor Richard says: 'Employ thy time...diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never; so that, as poor Richard says, 'A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things.' Do you imagine... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 250 pages
..." Methinks I hear some of you say, " Must a man afford himself no leisure r" — I will tell thee, my friend, what poor Richard says : "Employ thy time...something useful : this leisure the diligent man will ohtain, hut the lazy man never ; so that, as poor Richard says, " A life of leisure and a life of laziness... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...finds a relaxation of mind, than a dangerous charm that might corrupt him.— Si Kvremond. ncccLxiv. Leisure is time for doing something useful : this...the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; so that, as poor Richard says, A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. — Franklin.... | |
 | 384 pages
...exceed his income. A man of vast reading, without conversation, is like a man who lives only to himself. Leisure is time for doing something useful: this leisure...diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never. There is as much difference between a wise man and a fool as between a horse that is properly broken... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - American literature - 1778 - 392 pages
...oaks." "Methinks I hear some of you say, "must a man afford himself no leisure?" I will tell tbee, ray friend, what poor Richard says: "employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since ihou art not sure of u minute, throw not away an hour." Leisure ia time fcr doing something useful;... | |
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Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an hour. 
