Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 1Harper & brothers, 1839 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 29
Seite 10
... a great deal more saucy . When you have bought one fine thing , you must buy ten more , that your ap- pearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says , It is easier to suppress the first desire 10 WRITINGS OF FRANKLIN .
... a great deal more saucy . When you have bought one fine thing , you must buy ten more , that your ap- pearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says , It is easier to suppress the first desire 10 WRITINGS OF FRANKLIN .
Seite 11
Benjamin Franklin. says , It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it . And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich , as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox . Vessels large may ...
Benjamin Franklin. says , It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it . And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich , as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox . Vessels large may ...
Seite 13
... old one a little longer . Reader , if thou wilt do the same , thy profit will be as great as mine . I am , as ever , thine to serve thee , RICHARD SAunders . VOL . II . - 2 ON TRUE HAPPINESS . THE desire of happiness in general ESSAYS . 13.
... old one a little longer . Reader , if thou wilt do the same , thy profit will be as great as mine . I am , as ever , thine to serve thee , RICHARD SAunders . VOL . II . - 2 ON TRUE HAPPINESS . THE desire of happiness in general ESSAYS . 13.
Seite 14
... desire it , but under the appearance of an ima- ginary good . Many things we indulge ourselves in may be con- sidered by us as evils , and yet be desirable ; but then they are only considered as evils in their effects and consequences ...
... desire it , but under the appearance of an ima- ginary good . Many things we indulge ourselves in may be con- sidered by us as evils , and yet be desirable ; but then they are only considered as evils in their effects and consequences ...
Seite 15
... desires . The passions , by being too much conversant with earthly objects , can never fix in us a proper com- posure and acquiescence of mind . Nothing but an indifference to the things of this world , an entire submission to the will ...
... desires . The passions , by being too much conversant with earthly objects , can never fix in us a proper com- posure and acquiescence of mind . Nothing but an indifference to the things of this world , an entire submission to the will ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquainted affairs America appear become body called Catania cause centrifugal force clouds cold conductors continue David Hartley dear friend degree descending earth earthquakes endeavour England equal esteem farther favour fire fluid force Francis Hopkinson FRANKLIN give Glaucon globe gout hand happiness heat Hence honour hope imagine industry kind letter king king's counsel labour land late leave less light live Lord Kames Marquis de Lafayette matter ment mind motion nation nature necessary never New-York obliged observed occasion opinion paper Parliament particles pass Passy perhaps person Philadelphia Philosophical pleasure Poor Richard says present punishment pyrites quantity reason received rising river salt seawater Socrates soon spiracles spout Star Chamber suppose surface things thought tion vapour virtue warm whirl whirlwind wind wish write