 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...time must be, as Poor Ilichard says, the greatest prodigality : since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time...always proves little enough. Let us, then, up and bo doing, and doing to the purpose : so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. " But with... | |
 | Hal A. Lingerman - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1988 - 356 pages
...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... | |
 | Peter J. Conn - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 624 pages
...Time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost time is never found again; and what we call Time enough,...enough: Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the Purpose; so by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but... | |
 | Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout - Religion - 1993 - 241 pages
...Prodigality, since, as he elsewhere tells 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 by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but... | |
 | Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...Time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost Time is never found again; and what we call Time enough,...enough: Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the Purpose; so by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but... | |
 | Richard Deforest Erickson - Psychology - 1994 - 108 pages
...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...enough. Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity." While some of the readers will say... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Reference - 2004 - 320 pages
...Prodigality, since, as he elsewhere tells 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 by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but... | |
 | Robert E. Belknap - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 284 pages
...Prodigality, since, as he elsewhere tells 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 by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but... | |
 | Stephen M. Best - History - 2004 - 384 pages
...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 proves little enough").81 In this colony of idleness, this province beyond work, the Cakewalk emerges as an odd mirror... | |
 | Stephen M. Best - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 375 pages
...be of all things die most precious, wasting time must be ... die greatest prodigality [since] lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough always proves litde enough" (Franklin, The Way to Wealth, 453-68). 133. George Fitzhugh, "Freedmen and Free Men,"... | |
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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 by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but Industry all... 
