 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.  Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million ... - Page 583by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1857 - 721 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...leisure ?' — I will tell thee, my friend, -what poor Richard says : ' Employ thy time well, if them meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful : this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...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...art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something' useful : this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...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...art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful : this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...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...art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 314 pages
...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...since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.i' Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will ohtain, hut... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1831 - 290 pages
...thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says: " Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; und, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour." Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
 | Working class - 1832 - 220 pages
...no leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says ; ' Employ thy time well, if thon meanest to gain leisure ; and, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1833 - 336 pages
...no leisure ?" I will tell thee, my friend, what poor Richard says; "employ thy time well, if tliou meanest to gain leisure , and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour." Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1834 - 206 pages
...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...art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing somethinguseful : this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1836 - 584 pages
...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...art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
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