| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 páginas
...velocem in opere suo ; corani regibus stabit, nee erit inter ignobiles" (Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men). Here is observed, that of all virtues for rising to honour quickness of dispatch is the best; for superiors... | |
| Robert Morrison - 1826 - 596 páginas
...effects of diligence and prudence are strongly expressed in these words, " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." The proof of this is every day seen, in the respectability to which well-principled, industrious men attain... | |
| Thomas Belsham - 1826 - 508 páginas
...quiet and industrious are seldom wholly disappointed in their pursuit. Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. The wise man's rule however is not to be taken without proper limitations. No labour can be profitable... | |
| Elijah Parish - 1826 - 468 páginas
...might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. 242 PROVERBS xxii, 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. ACTION is every-where manifest. The sun is turning on his axis ; the stars are moving in their courses... | |
| 1826 - 422 páginas
...on what his father used to impress upon him in youth— "Seest thou a man diligent in his calling ; he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," — he lived in his advanced age to realize this proverb in a remarkable manner. " I did not think,"... | |
| 1826 - 440 páginas
...on what his father used to impress upon him in youth— "Seest thou a man diligent in his calling ; he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," — he lived in his advanced age to realize this proverb in a remarkable manner. " I did not think,"... | |
| 1827 - 392 páginas
...the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds." Seest thou a man diligent," or punctual " in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men."* And the voice of divine wisdom hath further said, " I love them that love me ; and those that seek... | |
| 1827 - 602 páginas
...for such u purpose is his duty. It is commanded in the word of God — " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." It is positively enjoined. The Apostle, alluding to some who had neglected this duty, says, " We command... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1828 - 336 páginas
...done decently and in order." " The hand of the diligent maketh rich." " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." " To these might be added innumerable admonitions and arguments, drawn from scripture, from reason,... | |
| Charles Brooks - 1828 - 424 páginas
...make me wholly thine. ' FEBRUARY 19. In all labour there is prefit. — Sees* thou a .man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. I SPEAK only of bodily labour. It is conducive to health. Indolence is the exuberant source of many... | |
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