The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeLeavitt & Allen, 1853 - 288 Seiten |
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... wish , likewise , if it were in my power , to change some trivial incidents and events for others more favourable . Were this , however , denied me , still would I not de- cline the offer . But since a repetition of life canno take ...
... wish , likewise , if it were in my power , to change some trivial incidents and events for others more favourable . Were this , however , denied me , still would I not de- cline the offer . But since a repetition of life canno take ...
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... wish that intelligent and well - meaning men would not them- selves diminish the power they possess of being useful , by a positive and presumptuous manner of expressing themselves , which scarcely ever fails to disgust the hearer , and ...
... wish that intelligent and well - meaning men would not them- selves diminish the power they possess of being useful , by a positive and presumptuous manner of expressing themselves , which scarcely ever fails to disgust the hearer , and ...
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... wish , therefore , you would take the verses , and pro- duce them as your own . I will pretend not to have had leisure to write any thing . We shall then see in what manner he will speak of them . I agreed to this little artifice , and ...
... wish , therefore , you would take the verses , and pro- duce them as your own . I will pretend not to have had leisure to write any thing . We shall then see in what manner he will speak of them . I agreed to this little artifice , and ...
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... wish to have nothing to do either with him or his letters . " He instantly put the letter into my hand , turned upon his heel , and left me to serve some customers . I was astonished at finding these letters were not from the Governor ...
... wish to have nothing to do either with him or his letters . " He instantly put the letter into my hand , turned upon his heel , and left me to serve some customers . I was astonished at finding these letters were not from the Governor ...
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... wish to put him to no farther inconvenience . I see that I am not at all calculated for a printer ; I was educated as a farmer , and it was absurd in me to come here , at thirty years of age , and bind myself apprentice to a new trade ...
... wish to put him to no farther inconvenience . I see that I am not at all calculated for a printer ; I was educated as a farmer , and it was absurd in me to come here , at thirty years of age , and bind myself apprentice to a new trade ...
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Seite 237 - If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest prodigality; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.
Seite 243 - We are offered by the terms of this sale six months' credit; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But ah ! think what you do when you run in debt: you give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor; you will be in fear when you speak to him; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and by degrees come to lose your veracity and sink into...
Seite 239 - 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.
Seite 238 - To-day. If you were a Servant, would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? Are you then your own Master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle, as Poor Dick says.
Seite 141 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Seite 241 - You call them goods; but, if you do not take care, they will prove evils to some of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost; but, if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you. Remember what Poor Richard says : Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shall sell thy necessaries. And again, At a great pennyworth pause a while.
Seite 218 - We have had some experience of it : several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces ; they were instructed in all your sciences ; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners ; ignorant of every means of living in the woods; unable to bear either cold or hunger; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy ; spoke our language imperfectly ; were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors ; they were totally...
Seite 239 - Master will do more Work than both his Hands; and again, Want of Care does us more Damage than Want of Knowledge; and again, Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open. Trusting too much to others...
Seite 245 - Heaven; and therefore ask that Blessing humbly, and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember Job suffered, and was afterwards prosperous. And now to conclude, Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will learn in no other...
Seite 237 - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time; for that's the stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says. 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.