 | Advice - 1848 - 72 pages
...mankind almost uniformly verifies. It is a habit that is as destructive to health as it is to industry. It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth of their time, to be employed in its service — but idleness taxes many of us much more,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 pages
...us hearken to good advice and something maybe done for us; "God helps them that help themselves." I. "It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people the one tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service; but idleness taxes many of us much... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1851 - 318 pages
...something may be done for us ; 'God helps them that help themselves,' as poor Richard says in his Almanac. "It would be thought a hard government that should...service ; but idleness taxes many of us much more, if wa reckon all that is spent in absolute sloth, or doing of nothing, with that which is spent in idle... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...philosopher, is too well known, and would require too much space, to be noticed here. THE WAY TO WEALTH. IT would be thought a hard government, that should tax its people one tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service; but idleness taxes us much more — sloth,... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 858 pages
...may be done for Ha : ' God helps them that help themselves,' as poor Richard says in his Almanac. '< It would be thought a hard government that should...absolute sloth, or doing of nothing, with that which ¡з spent in idle employments, вг amusement that amount to nothing. Sloth, by bringing on diseases,... | |
 | 1853 - 446 pages
...and something may be done for us : ' God helps them that help themselves,' as Poor Richard says. "1. It would be thought a hard government that should...service ; but idleness taxes many of us much more. Sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. ' Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 pages
...and something may be done for us. ' God helps them that help themselves,' as poor Richard says. " 1. It would be thought a hard government that should...service; but idleness taxes many of us much more; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. ' Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 308 pages
...thought a hard government that would tax its people one-tenth part of their time, to be employed in their service ; but idleness taxes many of us much more,...absolute sloth, or doing of nothing, with that which u spent m idle employments, or amusements that amount to nothing. Sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...fellow-creature, I would shut him alone in a dark room without employment. IDLENESS, ITS TAXES. — It would be thought a hard 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,... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1854 - 428 pages
...species. We shall now give a further illustration from Dr. Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack : — " It would be thought a hard government that should...service : but idleness taxes many of us much more : sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. 'Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than... | |
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... our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves,... 
