The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral and Literary, with His Life, Written by HimselfLeavitt, Trow & Company, 1848 - 288 Seiten |
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... trades . With respect to myself , I was sent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar - school . My father destined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of my family . The promptitude with which from my infancy ...
... trades . With respect to myself , I was sent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar - school . My father destined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of my family . The promptitude with which from my infancy ...
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... . He was versed also in mechanics and could , upon occasion , use the tools of a variety of trades . But his greatest excellence was a sound un- derstanding and solid judgment , in matters of pru- dence B 2 DR . FRANKLIN .
... . He was versed also in mechanics and could , upon occasion , use the tools of a variety of trades . But his greatest excellence was a sound un- derstanding and solid judgment , in matters of pru- dence B 2 DR . FRANKLIN .
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... trade for the space of two years ; that is to say till I arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had served his apprenticeship in London , having quitted my father , and being married and settled in ...
... trade for the space of two years ; that is to say till I arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had served his apprenticeship in London , having quitted my father , and being married and settled in ...
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... trade in London , and had established himself at Boston . But the premium he required for my apprenticeship displeasing my father , I was re- called home . From my earliest years I had been passionately fond of reading , and I laid out ...
... trade in London , and had established himself at Boston . But the premium he required for my apprenticeship displeasing my father , I was re- called home . From my earliest years I had been passionately fond of reading , and I laid out ...
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... trades- man , who had a handsome collection of books , and who frequented our printing house , took notice of me . He invited me to see his library , and had the goodness to lend me any books I was desirous of reading . I then took a ...
... trades- man , who had a handsome collection of books , and who frequented our printing house , took notice of me . He invited me to see his library , and had the goodness to lend me any books I was desirous of reading . I then took a ...
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Seite 235 - 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 238 - So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will, as Poor Richard says; and — • Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea ' forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting.
Seite 276 - I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain may be able to make a better constitution ; for when you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
Seite 237 - 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 276 - Constitution. For, when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does...
Seite 240 - And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, 'Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Seite 127 - THE BODY .of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (Like the cover of an old Book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms : • Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once more, In a new And more beautiful edition Corrected and Amended by The Author.
Seite 217 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it ; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.
Seite 216 - 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, or counsellors : they were totally...
Seite 158 - Remember this. saying, The good paymaster is lord of another man's purse. He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare. This is sometimes of great use.