 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 Seiten
...more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ;l but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress2 the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow...rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox.5 ' Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.' 4 Tis, however, a... | |
 | William Chambers - 1858 - 378 Seiten
...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 satisfy...is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as the frog to swell in order to equal the ox. ' Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should... | |
 | 1859 - 80 Seiten
...they know the worth of water. If you would know the value of money, go and try and borrow some. It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. Lying rides upon debt's back. It is hard for an empty purse to stand upright. Creditors have better... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 Seiten
...have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece : it is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. — Franklin. — The first peer and president of hell. — Defoe. — Pride is like the stately turkey,... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1861 - 304 Seiten
...boats should keep near shore." And qualified himself to pen such maxims as the following : — " It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." " It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell in order to equal the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 Seiten
...boats should keep near shore." And qualified himself to pen such maxims as the following : — " It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." " It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell in order to equal the... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 Seiten
...have bwi.-! ' one fine thing, you must buy ten mere, th yuur appearance may be all of a piece ; bu: : is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. /re»Hi«. Pride is a vice not only dreadfully mischievous in human society, but perhaps of »I1 РВЕОЖ... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 Seiten
...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 satisfy all that foliow it." And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as the frog to swell in order to... | |
 | 1865 - 138 Seiten
...little boats should keep near shore." And qualified himself to pen such maxims as the following:— " It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." " It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell in order to equal the... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 396 Seiten
...that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Richard says : It u easier to suppress the flrst desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. And it...venture more, But little boats should keep near shore. 14. " It is, however, a folly soon punished ; for, as Poor Richard says : Pride that dines on vanity,... | |
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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 satisfy... 
