“ Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. ”
Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1791). copy citation
| Author | Benjamin Franklin |
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| Source | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin |
| Topic | time business place |
| Date | 1791 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20203/20203-h/20203-h.htm |
Context
“TEMPERANCE
Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. Silence.
Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3. order.
Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4. Resolution.
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 5. Frugality.
Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i. e., waste nothing.
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Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. Silence.
Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3. order.
Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4. Resolution.
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 5. Frugality.
Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i. e., waste nothing.
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