Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen 2Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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... things the most precious , wasting time must be , as Poor Richard says , the greatest prod- igality ; since , as he elsewhere tells us , Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough , al- ways proves little enough . Let ...
... things the most precious , wasting time must be , as Poor Richard says , the greatest prod- igality ; since , as he elsewhere tells us , Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough , al- ways proves little enough . Let ...
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... things we indulge ourselves in may be con- sidered by us as evils , and yet be desirable ; but then they are only considered as evils in their effects and consequences , not as evils at present , and at- tended with immediate misery ...
... things we indulge ourselves in may be con- sidered by us as evils , and yet be desirable ; but then they are only considered as evils in their effects and consequences , not as evils at present , and at- tended with immediate misery ...
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... thing , you will say . But I ask , why a partial tax ? why laid on us farmers only If it be a good thing , pray , Messieurs the Public , take your share of it , by indemnifying us a little out of your public treasury . In doing a good ...
... thing , you will say . But I ask , why a partial tax ? why laid on us farmers only If it be a good thing , pray , Messieurs the Public , take your share of it , by indemnifying us a little out of your public treasury . In doing a good ...
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