 ... 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...  Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters - Seite 123von John Bach McMaster - 1887 - 293 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 Seiten
...you run in debt ; you give to another power over your liberty. 14 "If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor ; you will be...purpose, ' Lying rides upon Debt's back :' whereas a free American ought not to be ashamed, nor afraid to speak to any man living. 15 "But poverty often... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 Seiten
...cannot pay at the time, you will he ashamed to see your creditor ; you will he in lear when you speak lo him ; you will make poor pitiful sneaking excuses,...degrees come to lose your veracity, and sink into hase downright lying ; «orf « The second vice is lying,- the first is running in deht," as Poor Richard... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1831 - 310 Seiten
...your iiberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will us ashamed to see your creditor: yon will be hi fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and by degrees come tu lose your veracity, ar.d sink into base downright lying; foi, as poor Richard says, • The second... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 206 Seiten
...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...Lying rides upon Debt's back ;' whereas, a free-born man, ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 312 Seiten
...your liherty. If you caanot pay at the time, you will he ashamed to see your creditor : you will he in fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and hy degrees come to lose your vorncity, and sink into hase dowuright lying; for. as poor Richard says.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 310 Seiten
...when you run in deot. You give to arother 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 So him ; you will make poo., pitiful, sneaking excuses, and by degrees come to lose your reracity,... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1835 - 262 Seiten
...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/)0or, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and by degrees, come to lose your veracity, and sink into base,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1837 - 356 Seiten
...you run into 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...your veracity, and sink into base downright lying; fftr, as poor Richard says, ',the second vice is lying; the first is running into debt.' And again,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 246 Seiten
...when you run in debt. You give to an other 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 htm ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and by degrees come to lose your veracity, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 624 Seiten
...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...says ; and again, to the same purpose, Lying rides iipon Debt's back ; whereas a free-born Englishman ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak... | |
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