 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 724 pages
...Translator.) Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep. 1174 Benjamin Franklin : Poor Richard's Almanac. That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified... | |
 | Brahma-samaj - 1889 - 854 pages
...a legacy ? Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then, Plough deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep. Work while it is called to-day, for you know not how much you may be hindered to-morrow. One to-day... | |
 | Welsh - 1890 - 830 pages
...estate; but he must work at it, or it will yield no rent. No0ai»s without pains. Plough deep while the sluggards sleep, And you shall have corn to sell and to keep. WORK to-day, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One to-day is worth two to-morrows.... | |
 | American literature - 1891 - 508 pages
...is the mother of good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, And you, shall have corn to sell and to keep, says Poor Dick. Work while it is called to-day, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1891 - 556 pages
...laugh till he dies. Pleasing ware is half sold. Pleasure gives law to fools ; God to wise men. Plough deep while sluggards sleep and you shall have corn to sell and keep. Poor folks have neither any kindred nor any friends. Possession is eleven points of the law,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 518 pages
...л legacy, ' Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.' Work while it is called to-day, for you know not how much you may be hindered to-morrow. 'One to-day... | |
 | Risbrough Hammett Tilley - Genealogy - 1893 - 288 pages
...these were most happy: — "God helps those who help themselves." "There are no gains without pains." "Plow deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and keep." "One today is worth two tomorrows." "Vessels large may venture more, but little boats should... | |
 | Wayland D. Hand - Folklore - 1964 - 726 pages
...hat brim is turned up in back and down in front, he wishes to buy corn). Cf. No. 8294, below. 8163 Plow deep while sluggards sleep, And you shall have corn to sell and keep. Amy Henderson, Worry, Burke county. 8164 If two persons hoeing corn in a field accidentally hit... | |
 | Robert Neelly Bellah - Philosophy - 1985 - 384 pages
...wealthy, and wise." "God helps those that help themselves." "Lost time is never found again." "Plough deep, while Sluggards sleep, and you shall have Corn to sell and to keep, says Poor Dick." In short, Franklin gave classic expression to what many felt in the eighteenth century... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 90 pages
...is injuring the Good. To-morrow every Fault is to be amended; but that To-morrow never comes. Plough deep while Sluggards sleep; and you shall have Corn to sell and to keep. Laziness travels so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes him. He that by the Plough would thrive, himself... | |
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What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy. Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep. 
