 If time be of all things the most precious, wasting 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, always proves little enough.  The American Journal of Education - Página 250editado por - 1872Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Godfrey Golding - 1877 - 268 páginas
...that is the stuff life is made of, as poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep ! forgetting that, The sleeping fox catches no poultry ; and that, There will be sleeping in the grave, as poor Richard says. " ' If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must... | |
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 páginas
...review. Victor Hugo Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of. If 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 always... | |
 | Robert Major - 1991 - 354 páginas
...doing... He that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night. . . If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality» [95-96], disait déjà Franklin. Mais le travail doit être appuyé par... | |
 | Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout - 1993 - 241 páginas
...that's the Stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in Sleep! forgetting that The sleeping Fox catches...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... | |
 | William Marling - 1998 - 329 páginas
...Deism ended this informing opposition. It is present for Benjamin Franklin in The Way to Wealth (1757): "If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality" (362). What is Franklin's concept of time, if not the "desire to be found,... | |
 | Caroline Postelle Clotfelter - 1996 - 356 páginas
...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 catches...and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave. Let not the sun look down and say, inglorious here he lies. Women and wine, game and deceit, Make the... | |
 | Mark Michael Smith - 1997 - 334 páginas
...Poor Richard's Almanac were most popular. The Farmers' Register in 1838 quoted Franklin as saying, "If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality." For good measure, the editor added, "lost time is never found again." A... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 páginas
...that's the Stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says. — How much more than is necessary do we spend in Sleep! forgetting that The sleeping Fox catches...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... | |
 | Richard Deforest Erickson - 1994 - 108 páginas
...fosters guilt-stress in many of us. Here, again, is that belief expanded to a fuller degree in Franklin: "If 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 always... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 páginas
...Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep! forgetting that the sleepingfox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping...us, lost time is never found again, and what we call time-enough, always proves little enough: let us then be up and be doing, and doing to the purpose;... | |
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