 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 396 lehte
...diligence and patience, the mouse ate in two the cable. 11. "Methinks I hear some of you say: 'Most a man afford himself no leisure ?' I will tell thee,...friend, what Poor Richard says: Employ thy time well, ifthou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a moment, throw not away an hour. Leisure... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 lehte
...weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects ; for ' Constant dropping wears away stones ; and by diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable ; and little strokes fell great oak.?.' " Methinks I hear some of you say, ' Must a man afford himself no leisure VI will tell thee,... | |
 | 1866 - 132 lehte
...and he, the son of Sam Garvin—a strong illustration of the sayings, "By diligence and perseverance the mouse ate in two the cable," and "little strokes fell great oaks ;"— also another saying, I think of Richard Baxter—"Prayer and painstaking will do anything." As... | |
 | William H. Ablett - 1867 - 94 lehte
...weakhanded ; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects, for a ' constant dropping wears away stones ; and by diligence and patience the mouse ate...oaks.' " ' Methinks I hear some of you say, ' Must n man afford himself no leisure?' I will tell thee, my friend, what poor Richard says : ' Employ thy... | |
 | Ferdinand E A. Gasc - 1869 - 382 lehte
...great oaks,' as poor Richard says in his Almanac, the year I cannot just now re member. " Methiuks I hear some of you say, ' Must a man afford himself...well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful : this... | |
 | Pamphilius (pseud.) - 1869 - 282 lehte
...yourself, be up by peep of day : " Let not the sun look down, and say, ' Inglorious here he lies ! ' " Methinks I hear some of you say, " Must a man afford...himself no leisure ? " I will tell thee, my friend, " Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 lehte
...diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable ; ' and ' little strokes fell great oaks.' " Methinka I hear some of you say, ' Must a man afford himself...if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and, since thou art not gnre of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 lehte
...weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will seo great effects; for ' Constant dropping wears away stones ;' and ' by diligence and patience the mouse...of you say, ' Must a man afford himself no leisure t ' I will tell theé, my friend, what Poor Richard says : ' Employ thy time well, if thou mealiest... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 lehte
...weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects ; for, Constant dropping wears away stones ; and, By diligence and patience the mouse...well if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful. This... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1873 - 266 lehte
...weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for "constant dropping wears away stones; and by diligence and patience the mouse ate...man afford himself no leisure?" I will tell thee, mv friend, what poor Richard says: " employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and, since... | |
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Methinks I hear some of you say, 'Must a man afford himself no leisure?' I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. 
