| 1 | What future will a man ever have if he keeps dragging along like this? | |
| 2 | For the past few decades, we have been able to be wasteful and get by. | |
| 3 | On the other hand, just muddling along is expensive, dangerous, and depressing. | |
| 4 | The third option is to muddle through, shedding a few duds and tolerating the rest. | |
| 5 | She had made it her philosophy of life to consider the lilies. At any rate, she toiled not, neither did she spin. |