 | Sydney George Fisher - 1926 - 446 sivua
...Government that should tax its People one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service. But Idleness taxes many of us much more, if we reckon...Rust, consumes faster than Labour wears, while the used Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time,... | |
 | William Gardiner - 1927 - 328 sivua
...hard government that should tax its people onetenth part of their TIME, to be employed in its service, but idleness taxes many of us much more, if we reckon...shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life' then... | |
 | Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout - 1993 - 241 sivua
...audience. Listen then for the variations in rhythm as Father Abraham intones one proverb after another: Sloth, by bringing on Diseases, absolutely shortens...Rust, consumes faster than Labour wears, while the used Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time,... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 sivua
...Government that should tax its People one-tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service. But Idleness taxes many of us much more, if we reckon...Rust, consumes faster than Labour wears; while the used Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time,... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - 316 sivua
...government that demanded "one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service." Still, he notes, "Idleness taxes many of us much more, if we reckon...Employments or Amusements, that amount to nothing" (7:341). At this point, Franklin presents the compilation of economic ideas digested from his earlier... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 sivua
...government that should tax its people one tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service. But idleness taxes many of us much more, if we reckon...shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 320 sivua
...Government that should tax its People one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service. But Idleness taxes many of us much more, if we reckon...Rust, consumes faster than Labour wears, while the used Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time,... | |
 | Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - 2004 - 132 sivua
...diminishing these unproductive traits as we do trying to reduce our taxes, we'd be richer indeed. **-- Sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. It is true that willful inactivity is bad for body... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 sivua
...government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their TIME, to be employed in its service, but idleness taxes many of us much more, if we reckon...shortens life. "Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright," as Poor Richard says, "But dost thott love life?... | |
 | Paul Zall - 2005 - 216 sivua
...Government that should tax its People one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service. But Idleness taxes many of us much more, if we reckon all that is spent in absolute Sloth . . . [that], by bringing on Diseases, absolutely shortens Life. Sloth, like Rust, consumes faster... | |
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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... 
