Plow deep while sluggards sleep.

What it means

Do the deep work while others are idle and you will have more than enough. Effort compounds. The early, deep plowing pays at harvest.

The source

"Plow deep while sluggards sleep." Benjamin Franklin said it in The Way to Wealth (Poor Richard Improved, 1758). Written in English: Franklin's Way to Wealth, 1805 London printing.

"Then plow deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep."

Original English (Franklin's Way to Wealth, 1805 London printing), The Way to Wealth (Poor Richard Improved, 1758). Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790). Printer, inventor and American founder who published Poor Richard's Almanack for 25 years. The Way to Wealth (1758) gathers its best sayings.

Questions

What does "Plow deep while sluggards sleep." mean?

Do the deep work while others are idle and you will have more than enough. Effort compounds. The early, deep plowing pays at harvest.

Who said "Plow deep while sluggards sleep."?

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790). Source: The Way to Wealth (Poor Richard Improved, 1758).

What is the original wording?

Then plow deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep (Original English (Franklin's Way to Wealth, 1805 London printing)). Written in English: Franklin's Way to Wealth, 1805 London printing.

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