Proverbs from the Almanac of One Richard Saunders: (Benjamin Franklin)Duffield, 1908 - 25 Seiten |
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Seite 25 - I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, "•You are young, and have the world before you ; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
Seite 12 - Matters, because sometimes 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, being overtaken and slain by the Enemy, all for want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail.
Seite 10 - And again, The eye of the 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 15 - And again: Who dainties love shall beggars prove; and, moreover, Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Seite 19 - If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing...
Seite 10 - 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 12 - 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...
Seite 4 - He that hath a Trade hath an Estate; and he that hath a Calling, hath an Office of Profit and Honour; 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, as Poor Richard says, At the working Man's House Hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Seite 14 - If you would be wealthy, says he, in another Almanack, think of Saving as well as of Getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes are greater than her Incomes.
Seite 2 - 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.