 Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for 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...  Essays and Letters - Page 75by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...is spent in idle employments, or amusements that amount to nothing. Sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. ' Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears, while, the key often used is always bright,' as poor Richard says. 'But dost thou love life? then do not squander... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...is spent in idle employments, or amusements that amount to nothing. Sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. ' Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears, while the key often used is always bright," as poor Richard says. ' But dost thou love life ? then do not squander... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 574 pages
...U spent in idle employments, or amusements that amount to nothing. Sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears, while the key ofte» used is always bright. As the rose-tree a composed of the sweetest flowers, and the sharpest... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...spent in idle en> ployments, or amusements that amount to nothing, Sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears, while the key often used is always bright. — Franklin. ccccxcv. As the rose tree is composed of the sweetest... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...is spent in idle employments, or amusements that amount to nothing. Sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears, while the key often used is always bright.—Franklin. ccccxcv. As the rose tree is composed of the sweetest... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...' by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. ' Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used ^ key is always bright,' as Poor Richard says, ^16 ^ "'But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for Jw that is the stuff life is made of,'... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Fruit - 1831 - 408 pages
...greatest Advantage — the true Source of Happiness. The Second Edition, 8vo. price 9s. Gd. boards. " Dost thou love life ? — then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." — FRANKLIN. We have the authors authority for stating, that several persons have already practised... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 314 pages
...' Sloth, like rust, consumes taster than lahour wears, while the key often used is ahvnya hright,' as poor Richard says. ' But dost thou love life ? then do not squander time, for that's the stufi'life is mnde of,' as poor Richard sa>s. How much more than is recessary do we spend... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1833 - 460 pages
...the True Source of Happiness. Second Edition, post 8vo. ?s. neatly hound. " Dost thou love life f— then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."— Franklin. This work is particularly adapted to young people of the age of fifteen to twenty-five, hut... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1833 - 336 pages
...sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. " Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright," as poor Richard says. " But doest thou love life, then do -not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of," as poor Richard... | |
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