 A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, 'Tis day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of...  Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters - Seite 122von John Bach McMaster - 1887 - 293 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1903 - 600 Seiten
...small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, 'It is day, and will never be night ; ' that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding: ' A child and a fool (as poor Richard says) imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1903 - 358 Seiten
...small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of ; they think, ' ' 'tis day and will never be night " ; that ' ' a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding " ( a child and 3 He'ia lucky fellow who ii made prudent by other men's perils. a fool, as Poor Richard... | |
 | 1903 - 402 Seiten
...a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of. They think 'tis day ! and will never be night ! ; that a little to be spent out of so much ! is not worth minding (A Child and a Fool, as Poor RICHARD says, imagine Twenty Shillings and Twenty Years can never be spent)... | |
 | 1904 - 496 Seiten
...small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of ; they think, ' T is day, and will never be night ; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding ; ( A child and a fool, as Poor Richard says, imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 512 Seiten
...Child and a Fool, as Poor Richard says, imagine Twenty shillings and Twenty Years can never be spent but, always taking out of the Meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the Bottom; as Poor Dick says, When the Well 's dry, they know the Worth of Water. But this they might have known before,... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 316 Seiten
...a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, 'Tis day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding (A child and a fool, as Poor Richard says, imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent)... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1910 - 330 Seiten
...had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, "tis day and will never be night"; that 'a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding' (a child and a fool, as Poor Richard says, imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent)... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1905 - 422 Seiten
...great pennyworth pause awhile." "Silks and satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire." " Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom." " It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel." " A penny saved is a penny earned."... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 852 Seiten
...Richard says; Buy what thou hast no Need of, and ere long thou shalt sell -- •~-* ~ -. -.-» • the Meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the Bottom ; as Poor Dick says, When the Well's dry, they know the Worth of Water. But this they might have known before,... | |
 | 1907 - 374 Seiten
...a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, 'Tis day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding (A child and a fool, as Poor Richard says, imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent)... | |
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