Fortunate men, how they made money and won renown: a collection of rich men's mottoes and great men's watchwords. To which are added many new and authentic sayings of 'Poor Richard'.1884 |
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... temper will often make even the scoffers themselves tired of the sport : they begin to feel that against such a man it is a poor sort of hostility to joke and sneer ; and there is nothing that people are more mortified to spend in vain ...
... temper will often make even the scoffers themselves tired of the sport : they begin to feel that against such a man it is a poor sort of hostility to joke and sneer ; and there is nothing that people are more mortified to spend in vain ...
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... temper , if possible , at any time , and never during the hours of business . My labours here ( Bank of England , ) commence at nine and end at three ; and acting on the advice of the illustrious statesman , I never lose my temper ...
... temper , if possible , at any time , and never during the hours of business . My labours here ( Bank of England , ) commence at nine and end at three ; and acting on the advice of the illustrious statesman , I never lose my temper ...
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... temper ; probity will have insured respect , and given stability to character ; and independence of spirit , while it will have given dignity to the man , will gain the admiration of the world . One step more has to be acquired , that ...
... temper ; probity will have insured respect , and given stability to character ; and independence of spirit , while it will have given dignity to the man , will gain the admiration of the world . One step more has to be acquired , that ...
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... tempered antique beauty with modern utility . The ancients knew little of utility ; with ourselves it is both a philosophy and an art . Josiah Wedgwood perceived that everything he used might have its aspect of beauty . To ensure this ...
... tempered antique beauty with modern utility . The ancients knew little of utility ; with ourselves it is both a philosophy and an art . Josiah Wedgwood perceived that everything he used might have its aspect of beauty . To ensure this ...
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... temper , and a variety of other undefinable qualities , possess the power of pleasing without any visible effort , without the aids of wit , wisdom , or learning , nay , as it should seem , in their defiance ; and this without appearing ...
... temper , and a variety of other undefinable qualities , possess the power of pleasing without any visible effort , without the aids of wit , wisdom , or learning , nay , as it should seem , in their defiance ; and this without appearing ...
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Página 53 - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Página 55 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Página 57 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says: Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again, Who Dainties love, shall Beggars prove; and moreover, Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them.
Página 54 - If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for ' at the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.' Nor will the bailiff or the constable enter; for 'industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them.
Página 52 - I stopped my horse lately, where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a plain, clean old man, with white locks, " Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not these heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How shall we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advise us to do ? " Father Abraham stood up and replied, " If you would...
Página 56 - If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Página 59 - When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Página 104 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Página 56 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; adding, for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Página 58 - ... are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through industry and frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly, that ' A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,