 | Jeane Eddy Westin - 1996 - 476 Seiten
...overeater, self-control comes down to resisting the first bite of unneeded food. As Benjamin Franklin said, "It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it." That first extra bite is easier to stop than the binge that can follow. For today, refuse that first... | |
 | Ann Bourman - 1997 - 133 Seiten
...certainly make it ugly. 29. Tomorrow every fault is to be amended; but that tomorrow never comes. 30. Tis easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. (D 13. Mark Twain Skills: Thinking, writing, reading, listening. Objectives: To explain in writing... | |
 | Caroline Postelle Clotfelter - 1996 - 356 Seiten
...wealth small, and the wants great. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy; 'tis easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. — Benjamin Franklin Pennsylvania Gazette 1732 The First Advertisement of Poor Richard's Almanac Just... | |
 | David E. Nye - 1999 - 358 Seiten
...room.) Benjamin Franklin also noted this "effect" and warned against it: "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." 49 Such sermonizing,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 76 Seiten
...Sting. ' I 4> i O « <» I • Success has ruin'd many a Man. God helps them that help themselves. Tis easier to suppress the first Desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. Work as if you were to live 100 years. Pray as if you were to die To-morrow. If you do what you should... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - 2000 - 164 Seiten
..."The reason a certain person is so short is because the Bible says, 'The wicked shall be cut off.' " It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. — Franklin. A gash in the conscience may disfigure a soul forever. — Spurgeon. Bad things in life... | |
 | Bruce Northam - 2011 - 194 Seiten
...the yellow pages, or in the cafe nearest the post office. Remember, home is where the payments are. "It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it." — Benjamin Franklin "This no place like home. " — Cypriot Night Club bouncer explaining local hospitality... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 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 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 truly folly... | |
 | Jerome M. Segal - 2003 - 302 Seiten
...artificial Wants of Mankind thus become more numerous than the Natural. . . . When you have bought one fine Thing, you must buy ten more, that your Appearance may be all of a Piece. . . . 'Tis easier to suppress the first Desire, than to satisfy all that follows it. ... What Use is... | |
 | D. V. ரங்கராஜன் - 2003 - 554 Seiten
...remains yet unenjoyed inspires our enjoyment of the good before us. - SamuelJohnson 2.«fr«fr 783. It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. -Franklin 13. Destiny - e£\$, Fate 784. Lot of folks confuse bad management with destiny. - Kin Hubbard... | |
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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... 
