 | James Platt - Business ethics - 1876 - 218 pages
...Idleness is worst of all ; there is nothing like fighting our troubles and perseveringly overcoming them. "What," says dear old Tom Brown, " would life be without...him live his life in peace till he has thrashed them ? " Luckily it is not all sunshine for any of us, more than it is always a dead calm at sea, without... | |
 | James Platt - Business ethics - 1876 - 216 pages
...dear old Tom Drown, " would,/Hfo bo without fighting — enemies to be knocked on the head, phllcd up by the roots, in himself or out of himself, who...let him live his life in peace till he has thrashed Vlu\iu 1 " Luckily it is not all sunshine for any of us, more than it is always a dead calm at sea,... | |
 | William Gamble - Business - 1907 - 220 pages
...If there were nothing to struggle for there would be nothing to achieve. ' What,' says one writer, ' would life be without fighting — enemies to be knocked...himself, who won't let him live his life in peace until he has thrashed them ? ' It is no good thinking you can go through life always expecting to meet... | |
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Luckily it is not all sunshine for any of us, more than it is always a dead calm at sea, without a wave or a ripple. A pretty state of stagnation the world would be in before the end of a month if everything settled down into unbroken smoothness and quiet,... 