 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 - 1896 - 293 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1826 - 422 Seiten
...a 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... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1829 - 326 Seiten
...during your minority ; and ' take care of the pence, for a small leak will sink a great ship ; and always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting...soon comes to the bottom,' as poor Richard says." " Have you any particular reason for harping on poor Richard at the present moment, or may I consider... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 Seiten
...small estate left them, which Ihey knew not the getting of : they think ' It is day, and will T never be night :' that a little to be spent out of so much...and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom,' as Pooi Richard says; and then, 'When the well is dry, they know the worth of water. ' 10 "But this they... | |
 | William Howells - 1831 - 220 Seiten
...to reveal to them some of the magnificence of her fairy abode " " Always taking out of the meal tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom," as poor Richard says, and it is a saying no more trite than true ; for I have drawn all the stories and tales* I was possessed... | |
 | 1832 - 220 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 ; but ' Always taking ont of the mealtub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom, as Poor Richard says ; and then,... | |
 | 1832 - 618 Seiten
...inexhaustible. I remembered poor Richard's aphorism, and proved it to к 158. — VOL. Xiv. be correct — "Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom." I became convinced of the propriety of turning my attention to some means of support. My determination... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1836 - 584 Seiten
...a 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 ; but Jllways taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom, as Poor Richard... | |
 | Carlton BRUCE (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]) - 1837 - 300 Seiten
...important to you to know. Rely upon it, that silence is a great virtue I There is an old proverb, " Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom ;" and if you talk much when you have very little to talk about, you will get the reputation of being... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 246 Seiten
...estate left them, which .they knew not the getting of ; they think, " It is day, and will never he 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, Jared Sparks - 1840 - 586 Seiten
...and will never be night ; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding ; but Jllways taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in,...comes to the bottom, as Poor Richard says ; and then, W hen the well is dry, they know the worth of water. But this they might have known before, if they... | |
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