A Father's Gift to His Son, on His Becoming an Apprentice: To which is Added Dr. Franklin's Way to WealthWood, 1821 - 140 Seiten |
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... effect that business which great talkers can never com- pass . Never boast of your own courage or resolution , as it is usually sus- pected great boasters are but feeble doers and if you do not act up to what you profess , you are but a ...
... effect that business which great talkers can never com- pass . Never boast of your own courage or resolution , as it is usually sus- pected great boasters are but feeble doers and if you do not act up to what you profess , you are but a ...
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... effects , did we attend to all the apparently trifling circumstan- ces around us . Industry works things beyond our expectations , when we are excited rather than discouraged by difficulties ; for of all tempers , that is to be the most ...
... effects , did we attend to all the apparently trifling circumstan- ces around us . Industry works things beyond our expectations , when we are excited rather than discouraged by difficulties ; for of all tempers , that is to be the most ...
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... effect not of your own care , but of the divine good- Never , in conversation , sport ness . with the calamities of others who are you who pretend to judge God's judgments , which are so clearly : entitled to ourveneration for their jus ...
... effect not of your own care , but of the divine good- Never , in conversation , sport ness . with the calamities of others who are you who pretend to judge God's judgments , which are so clearly : entitled to ourveneration for their jus ...
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... often brings a man in- to disrepute ; it is a sort of folly to in- terfere in things so far above us ; from their distance our judgment may be deceived . The best way to pre- vent any evil effects of government is , not to 70.
... often brings a man in- to disrepute ; it is a sort of folly to in- terfere in things so far above us ; from their distance our judgment may be deceived . The best way to pre- vent any evil effects of government is , not to 70.
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To which is Added Dr. Franklin's Way to Wealth. vent any evil effects of government is , not to quarrel with its actions , but amend our own ; for it is an essential part of subjection to submit to the discretion and wisdom of those who ...
To which is Added Dr. Franklin's Way to Wealth. vent any evil effects of government is , not to quarrel with its actions , but amend our own ; for it is an essential part of subjection to submit to the discretion and wisdom of those who ...
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Seite 98 - 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.
Seite 101 - He that hath a trade hath an estate; and He that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor, as Poor Richard says; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, At the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Seite 114 - 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 base downright lying; for, as Poor Richard...
Seite 96 - ... goods. The hour of 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 ?. Won't these heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How shall we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advise us to? " Father Abraham stood up and replied : " If you would have my advice, I will give it you in short ; for A word to the wise is enough, and Many words won't fill...
Seite 109 - 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, " many a little makes a mickle." Beware of little expenses; "A small leak will sink a great ship...
Seite 117 - Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter. At present, perhaps, you may think yourselves in thriving circumstances, and that you can bear a little extravagance without injury ; but For age and want save while you may ; No morning sun lasts a whole day. Gain may be temporary and uncertain, but ever, while you live, expense is constant and certain ; and It is easier to build two chimneys, than to keep one in fuel, as Poor Richard says ; so, Rather go to bed supperless, than rise in...
Seite 126 - Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and three-pence, and so on till it becomes an hundred pounds.
Seite 114 - 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 112 - These are not the Necessaries of Life; they can scarcely be called the Conveniences, and yet only because they look pretty how many want to have them.
Seite 111 - 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 shalt sell thy necessaries.