 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1853 - Страниц: 520
...two, at least, before the common interruptions of the morning begin. Our lives, says Seneca, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few,... | |
 | Queen's University of Belfast - 1875 - Страниц: 418
...meet with in those of our own country.—We all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.—How... | |
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WE all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do.... 
