3. It_______be endless to describe the wiles of idleness—how it creeps upon_______, how much time it purloins from the scholar,_______the professional man, and from the artisan.
1. 我们恳求上帝赐予我们面包,可他让我们通过自己的劳动获得。
2. 勤奋是一种习惯,只要我们坚持追求一些有益的东西。
3. 他也会躺在长椅上沐浴阳光,或是在有微风拂过的广场上散步。
1. As industry is habitual activity in some useful pursuit, so, not only inactivity, but also all efforts without the design of usefulness, are of the nature of idleness.
not only...but also...:不但……而且……
2. He sleeps long and late, he wakes to stupidity, with indolent eyes sleepily rolling over neglected work.