 | 1879 - 1166 Seiten
...and have the world before you ; stoop, as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps." " The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us....neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture." " A rogue hanged out of a family does it more honor than ten that live in it." "If there be a nation... | |
 | Robert S. Rosefsky - 2001 - 716 Seiten
...your risk by decreasing the deductibles? Get actual figures from your agent; don't guess. YING A HOM The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us....neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture. Benjamin Franklin THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU Nothing can strain a new marriage like trying to agree on... | |
 | Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 Seiten
...— Hindustani proverb "Where there is no vision the people shall perish." — Bible, Proverbs 29:18 "The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us....neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture." — Benjamin Franklin "For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 Seiten
...rest of the body clothing, and the belly a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask when reasonable, only the cheap assistance of...neither fine clothes, fine houses nor fine furniture. Adieu, my Dear Friend. I am Yours ever, B. Franklin ON HEREDITARY HONORS AND THE TURKEY Franklin focused... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 168 Seiten
...rest of the Body, Clothing; and the Belly, a good deal of Victuals. Our Eyes, tho' exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap Assistance of...neither fine Clothes, fine Houses, nor fine Furniture. PRIVATE PROPERTY Is A CREATURE OF SOCIETY, NOVEMBER, 1789 Franklin's final thoughts on the nature of... | |
 | 188 Seiten
...<W It is better to wear out than to rust out. - Dorothy Blanchard. <* It is the eyes of other people that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture. - Benjamin Ranklin. <* The pain in the neck you complain about may... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Alfred Howard - 1834 - 206 Seiten
...rest of the body clothing; and the belly a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap assistance of...neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture. LANGUAGES. I have already mentioned that I had only one year's instruction in a Latin school, and that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1904 - 480 Seiten
...of the body, clothing; and the belly, a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap assistance of...neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture. By the by, here is just issued an arrtt of Council taking off all the duties upon the exportation of... | |
 | American Society for the Extension of University Teaching - 1895 - 264 Seiten
...cannot be called the necessaries of life, for our ancestors lived very comfortably without them. . . . The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us....neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture. There is no little enemy. Deny self for self s sake. Necessity never made a good bargain. Keep thy... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1823 - 432 Seiten
...ever did a premeditated injury to another without doing a greater to himself. Dr. Franklin observed, " The eyes of other - people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myThe poorer a man is, the more aecessity there t for his being honest. A rich knave may, peraps, prosper... | |
| |
Almost all the parts of our bodies- require some expense. The feet demand shoes ; the legs stockings ; the rest of the body clothing ; and the belly a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap assistance... 
