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" What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, diligence is the mother of good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to... "
Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most eminent ... - Page 146
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Tact, Push, and Principle

William M. Thayer - Conduct of life - 1882 - 442 pages
...that poverty soon overtakes him." "At the workingman's house hunger looks in but dares not enter." "Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry." " One to-day is worth two tomorrows." "Employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since...
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The youth's business guide, by Experientia

John Southward - 1883 - 166 pages
...pay our taxes. INDUSTRY pays debts, while Despair increaseth them. THE cat in gloves catches no mice. WHAT though you have found no treasure, nor has any...rich relation left you a legacy. Diligence is the brother of Good-luck, and God gives all things to Industry. THEN plough deep while sluggards sleep,...
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Platt's Essays, Volume 1

James Platt - Conduct of life - 1883 - 538 pages
...only by our own industry." " Industry needs not wish; and he that lives upon hopo will die fasting." " Diligence is the mother of Good Luck ; and God gives all things to Industry." " He that by the plough must thrive, Himself must either hold or drive." GARIBALD1 told the working...
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Popular Beliefs and Superstitions from North Carolina, Volume 4874, Issue 8569

Wayland D. Hand - Folklore - 1964 - 726 pages
...brim is turned up in back and down in front, he wishes to buy corn). Cf. No. 8294, below. 8163 Plow deep while sluggards sleep, And you shall have corn to sell and keep. Amy Henderson, Worry, Burke county. 8164 If two persons hoeing corn in a field accidentally hit...
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Early American Writing

Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...or the Constable enter, for Industry pays Debts, while Despair encreaseth them, says Poor Richard. What though you have found no Treasure, nor has any rich Relation left you a Legacy, D/7igence is the Mother of Good-luck as Poor Richard says and God gives all Things to Industry. Then...
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Autobiography and Other Writings

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 404 pages
...the Constable enter, for Industry pays Debts, while Despair encreaseth them, says Poor Richard. — What though you have found no Treasure, nor has any...Relation left you a Legacy, Diligence is the Mother of Good-luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all Things to Industry. Then plough deep, while Sluggards...
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Recovering Benjamin Franklin: An Exploration of a Life of Science and Service

James Campbell - Printers - 1999 - 322 pages
...love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the Stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says . . . What though you have found no Treasure, nor has any...you a Legacy, Diligence is the Mother of Good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all Things to Industry. Then plough deep, while Sluggards sleep,...
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Little Gems of Wisdom: Advice from Grandpa

J. D. Kroft - Reference - 2000 - 310 pages
...Bulwer-Lytton The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success. —David Sarnoff Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. —Benjamin Franklin Perseverence and audacity generally win, —Dorotfiee Lmy Perseverance is the...
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A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 588 pages
...nor the constable enter,yor industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them, says Poor Richard. What though you have found no treasure, nor has any...you a legacy, diligence is the mother of good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep, while sluggards sleep,...
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Poor Richard's Almanack

Benjamin Franklin - Reference - 2004 - 320 pages
...or the Constable enter, for Industry pays Debts, while Despair encreaseth them, says Poor Richard. What though you have found no Treasure, nor has any...Relation left you a Legacy, Diligence is the Mother of Good-luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all Things to Industry. Then plough deep, while Sluggards...
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