 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; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. Sloth, like rust, consumes...  Poor Richard's Almanac - Trang 9bởi Benjamin Franklin - 1900 - 132 trangXem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 680 trang
...as Poor Richard says. 20 "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; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. 'Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor... | |
 | Howard Copeland Hill, Rollo La Verne Lyman - 1924 - 560 trang
...'Heaven helps them that help themselves,' as Poor Richard says. "It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their...service; but idleness taxes many of us much more; sloth, by bringing on disease, absolutely shortens life. 'Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor... | |
 | Rollo La Verne Lyman, Howard Copeland Hill - 1925 - 736 trang
...make feasts, and wise men eat them.' "It would be thought a hard government that should tax its pjople one-tenth part of their time to be employed in its service; but idleness taxes many of us much more; sloth, by bringing on disease, absolutely shortens life. 'Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor... | |
 | Columbia University. Department of Philosophy - 1925 - 422 trang
...this more popular form : 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; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life. "Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint committee on veterans' affairs - 1933 - 306 trang
...a somewhat sagacious individual, on that very subject when he said, " It would be a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service," and yet every year since 1925 we have taken more than 10 per cent of our national time, as measured... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint committee on veterans' affairs - 1933 - 294 trang
...a somewhat sagacious individual, on that very subject when he said, " It would be a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service," and yet every year since 1925 we have taken more than 10 per cent of our national time, as measured... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - 316 trang
...government that demanded "one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service." Still, he notes, "Idleness taxes many of us much more, if we reckon...Employments or Amusements, that amount to nothing" (7:341). At this point, Franklin presents the compilation of economic ideas digested from his earlier... | |
 | Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - 2004 - 132 trang
...commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. . , . It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their...service, but idleness taxes many of us much more. This is a recurring theme from the honorable Mr. Franklin: We can complain about external roadblocks... | |
 | Paul Zall - 2005 - 216 trang
...prudence in everyday life. 9 It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service....more, if we reckon all that is spent in absolute Sloth . . . [that], by bringing on Diseases, absolutely shortens Life. Sloth, like Rust, consumes faster... | |
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