 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...  Select Pieces - Seite 9von Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 59 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 Seiten
...suppress the f'rst desire than to satisfy all that follow it:' and it is as truly folly for VOL. I. II (he poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox. ' Vessels large mny venture more, But little hoats should keep near shore.' Ft is, howerer, a folly soon punished ;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 Seiten
...suppress the flrst desire than to satisfy all that follow it :' and it is as truly felly for VOL. i. H the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox. ' Yessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.' It is, however, a folly... | |
 | 1821 - 24 Seiten
...all that fallow it. And it is an truly folly for the poor to ape ihe rich, as for the frog to «well, in order to equal the ox. " Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore." ' Pride that dines on vanity, mips on contempt ; Pride breakfasted With plenty. i;i'i--cl with poverty,... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 Seiten
...be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first lesnre, than to satisfy all that follow it.' And it is as truly folly for...frog to swell, in order to equal the ox. ' Vessels largp. may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.' 13. "It is however, a folly soon... | |
 | 1822 - 588 Seiten
...your appearance may be all of a piece ; but it is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. And it is as truly folly for the...as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox. It is, however, a folly soon punished ; for pride that dines on vanity, sups with contempt. Pride breakfasted... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 Seiten
...be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, „It is easier to suppress the lint desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." And it is as truly folly for...venture more, But little boats should keep near shore." It is, however, a folly soon punished; for, as Poor Richard gays, „Pride that dines on vanity, sups... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 Seiten
...be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, 'It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it:' And it is as truly folly for...as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox. 1 Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.' 12 "It is, however, a folly... | |
 | 1828 - 594 Seiten
...observe, that ' ' A ploughman on his legs, is higher than a gentleman on his knees." " It is as absurd for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell with desire to equal the ox." After all, what use is all this pride of appearance, for which so much... | |
 | John Wade - 1824 - 258 Seiten
...it never; When 1 did ill, I heard it ever. The friend of the table,. Is very variable. — French. Vessels large may venture more. But little boats should keep near shore. A light puree, Is a heavy curse. Such envious things the women are, That fellow flirts they cannot... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 Seiten
...easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it : and it is ¡t.; truly lolly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell iu ortler to al the ox. Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore. It... | |
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