 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 Seiten
...lives the man that has not tried, How mirth can into folly glide And folly into sin ! " SCOTT. PP " It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it." " For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs, Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter." BYRON. " Do... | |
 | Thomas Walker (poet.) - 1870 - 270 Seiten
...If you have bought a fine thing, you want ten more, That you may correspond behind and before. But it is easier to suppress the first desire, Than to satisfy all you may require ; And it is truly a folly for those that are poor To ape at the rich — of this I... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 Seiten
...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...is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox. ' Veetele large may venture more. Bat little boats... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 Seiten
...again, ' Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more eaucy.' When yon have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance...is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox. ' v I--I-1 - large may ventare more, Bat little boate... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 Seiten
...— Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great ^ f-, deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, , ^ you must buy ten more, that your appearance...; but poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the 0 first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the... | |
 | William Blanchard Jerrold - 1874 - 128 Seiten
...a tombstone over its grave. When you die, your trumpeter will be buried. WThen you have bought one fine thing you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece. When you have counted your cards, you'll find you have gained but little. When you have no observers,... | |
 | 1874 - 648 Seiten
...have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that jonr appearance may be all of a piece ; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. — Franklin. Pride is the common forerunner of a fall. It was the Devil's sin, and the Devil's ruin... | |
 | 1918 - 794 Seiten
...study of the Word. There is nothing more stimulating to a true, genuine Christian life.— Selected. It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. — Buy War Savings Stamps. LUTHER LEAGUE TOPICS (Continued from p'igc 29.) Did e'er such love and... | |
 | 1920 - 834 Seiten
...upon him. So there ig really no excuse for allowing one's self to be overcome. Some one has said : "It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow after," and it is easier to overcome the first temptation to do wrong than it is to break away from... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1986 - 90 Seiten
...ripe. What will not Lux'ry taste? Earth, Sea, and Air, Are daily ransack'd for the Bill of Fare. 'Tis easier to suppress the first Desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. Don't judge of Men's Wealth or Piety, by their Sunday Appearances. As honest Hodge the Farmer sow'd... | |
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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, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to... 
