 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...  Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters - Seite 123von John Bach McMaster - 1896 - 293 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1874 - 648 Seiten
...beat and speak together, and make both felt in action. It is for cowards to lie. — George Herbert. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When yon have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that jonr appearance may be all of a piece ;... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 Seiten
...damage than want of knowledge; and again, not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal...more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. He that hath a trade,... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1921 - 444 Seiten
...business, let not that drive thee. 40. The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands. 4 1 . Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. 42. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some ; for he that goes borrowing goes... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 518 Seiten
...to get it in again. Poor Dick further advises and says: "Fond pride of dress is, sure, a very curse; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse." And again,...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." And 'tis as true folly... | |
 | Frank Ellsworth Spaulding, Catherine Turner Bryce - 1924 - 280 Seiten
...ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries. 12. When the well is dry they know the worth of water. 13. Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. 14. It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright. 15. Dost thou love life ? Then do not squander time,... | |
 | Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 Seiten
...get it in again. Poor Dick farther advises, and says, Fond Pride of Dress is sure a very Curse; E'er z 5 z 5 y 5 Tis easier to suppress the first Desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. And 'tis as truly Folly... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 Seiten
...get it in again. Poor Dick farther advises, and says, Fond pride of dress is swe a very curse; E'er fancy you consult, consult your purse. And again,...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. And 't is as truly folly... | |
 | William Gardiner - 1927 - 328 Seiten
...get it in again. Poor Dick further advises, and says— Fond pride of dress is, sure, a very curse; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse. And again, Pride is as loud as beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1928 - 280 Seiten
...pride. Swift, III, 405. WHOEVER desires the character of a proud man, ought to conceal his vanity. Ibid. PRIDE is as loud a Beggar as Want, and a great deal more Saucy. Halifax, 181. GREAT Bashfulness is oftener an Effeft of Pride than of Modesty. Ibid., 245. No cause... | |
 | 1929 - 506 Seiten
...of saving as well as getting." " If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some." "Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal..." When you have bought one fine thing you must buy 10 more." "'Tis as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich as for the frog to swell in order to equal... | |
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