There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

What it means

Franklin asks how much more sleep we take than we need. Rest is good, but the long rest is coming anyway. Use your waking hours.

The source

"There will be sleeping enough in the grave." Benjamin Franklin said it in The Way to Wealth (Poor Richard Improved, 1758). Written in English: Franklin's Way to Wealth, 1805 London printing.

"there will be sleeping enough in the grave"

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 "There will be sleeping enough in the grave." mean?

Franklin asks how much more sleep we take than we need. Rest is good, but the long rest is coming anyway. Use your waking hours.

Who said "There will be sleeping enough in the grave."?

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

What is the original wording?

there will be sleeping enough in the grave (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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