He that hath a Trade hath an Estate, and He that hath a Calling hath an Office of Profit and Honor; 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... Essays and Letters - Seite 82von Benjamin Franklin - 1821Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 Seiten
...that hath a trade hath an estate,3 and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honour ;'4 but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or5 neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious,6 we shall... | |
| Hugh Stowell Brown - 1859 - 428 Seiten
...your part, there all the honor lies !' ' "If we are industrious," says "Poor Richard's" commentator, "we shall never starve, for at the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter." I am afraid that in saying this, we say rather too much ; I do not think it is in the power of every... | |
| 1860 - 544 Seiten
...so far as this country is concerned at least, he is entirely in the wrong. Again, the Doctor says, " At the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter." The low-paid working man of this country (and his name is legion) scarcely ever knows what a full stomach... | |
| William Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 Seiten
...overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him." " At the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter." " Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry." " One to-day is worth... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 Seiten
...heirs on the large revenues left unto them. Fuller. IlTDtrSTBY— Blessings of. At the working-man's house Hunger looks in, but dares not enter ! nor will...bailiff or the constable enter: for Industry pays debts, out Despair increaseth them. Franklin. People may tell you of your being unfit for some peculiar occupations... | |
| Henry Stevens (Jr.) - 1862 - 456 Seiten
...Calling hatk an Office of Profit and Honour; but then I he Trade must be worked at, und the Caltii'ff well followed, or neither the Estate, nor the Office, will enable us to pay our Taxes.— If we are indiiftrioui we f-liall never starve ; for, as Poor Richard fa\s, At the trorSing M,tn's Hoitsr Hunger... | |
| Henry Newton Stevens - 1862 - 482 Seiten
...we shall never starve ; for, as Poor Riehard fays. At the working Miea's House Hunger looks in, bnt dares not enter. Nor will the Bailiff or the Constable enter, for tndustry pays Debts, while Despair encreaseth them, fays Poor Richard,— What though you have found... | |
| Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 Seiten
....... 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." Nor will...the constable enter ; for, " Industry pays debts, but despair increaseth them," says poor Richard. What though you have found no treasure, nor has any... | |
| Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1864 - 200 Seiten
...an estate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour,' as Poor Richard says ; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling...looks in, but dares not enter.' Nor will the bailiff nor the constable enter, for 'Industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them.' What though you... | |
| 1864 - 422 Seiten
...an estate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour," as Poor Richard says ; but, then, the trade must be worked at, and the calling...man's house, hunger looks in, but dares not enter ; for Industry pays debts, while Despair increaseth them." What ! though you have found no treasure,... | |
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