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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... "
The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ... - Page 322
1826 - 407 pages
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Literature of the English Language: Comprising Representative Selections ...

Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...one-tenth part of their time to be employed in its service; but idleness taxes many of us much more. 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 Ilichard says. But dost thou love life,...
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Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania: With the Incidental History of the ...

William Crawford Armor - Governors - 1872 - 602 pages
...but always pointed, the dullest never being at a loss to apprehend its force. " Sloth," he says, " by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears ; while thekey often turned is always bright. But dost thou love life ? then do not squander...
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The book of good devices, ed. by G. Golding

Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 pages
...one-tenth part of their time, to be employed <o in its service ; but idleness taxes many of us more ; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens...rust, consumes faster than labour wears; while, The p 0 used key is always bright, as poor Richard says. But, Dost thou love life, then do not squander...
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First (-Sixth) illustrated reader

Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...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, or in doing nothing, with that which is spent in idle employment, or amusements that amount to nothing....
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Public Ledger Almanacs: For the Years 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875

Almanacs, American - 1870 - 684 pages
...tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service, but idleness taxes many of us much more ; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. " Sloth, like rust. consumes faster than labor wears, while the used kev is always bright," as poor Richard says. " But dost thou love life?...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin

Jeremiah Chaplin - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 416 pages
...hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time, to be employed with 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 Bichard says. How much more than is necessary...
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How to get on

Godfrey Golding - 1877 - 268 pages
...one-tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service ; but idleness taxes many of us more ; 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,...
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The Holborn Series of Reading Books. Instructive Reader

Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 pages
...one-tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service ; but idleness taxes many of us much more ; 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,...
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The Book of Diversion

Franklin Pierce Adams, Deems Taylor - Amusements - 1925 - 300 pages
...government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time: but idleness taxes us much more; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. Dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for...
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American Literature

Robert Shafer - American literature - 1926 - 1410 pages
...Government that should tax its People one-tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service. ve seven columns, one for each day of the week, marking each column with a letter f Labor wears; vchile the used Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then...
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