 So what signifies wishing and hoping for better Times. We may make these Times better, if we bestir ourselves. Industry need not wish, as Poor Richard says, and he that lives upon Hope will die fasting. There are no Gains without Pains; then Help Hands,...  Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters - Seite 118von John Bach McMaster - 1896 - 293 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Herman Melville - 1855 - 288 Seiten
...aloud— "' So lohat signifies waiting and hoping for better times ? We may make these times letter, if we bestir ourselves. Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hope will die fasting, as Poor Ricliard says. There are no gains, without pains. Then help hands, for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1856 - 590 Seiten
...wealthy, and wise, as Poor Richard says. " So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times 1 We may make these times better, if we bestir ourselves. Industry...lives upon hopes will die fasting. There are no gains withont pains; then help, hands, for I have no lands ; or, if I have, they are smartly taxed. He that... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 Seiten
...Poor Richard says. " So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times ? We may make these tunes better, if we bestir ourselves. ' Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hope will die fasting. There are no gains without pains ; then help hands for I have no lands,' or... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 456 Seiten
...wealthy and wise,' as Poor Richard says. " So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times ? We may make these times better, if we bestir ourselves. ' Industry need not wish, and ho that lives upon hope will die fasting. There are no gains without pains ; then help hands for I... | |
 | William Chambers - 1856 - 444 Seiten
...wealthy, and wise," as Poor Richard says. So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times ? We may make these times better if we bestir ourselves. " Industry need not wish, and ho that lives upon hope will NECESSITY OF SOMETHING TO DO. 35* jo fasting. There are no gains without... | |
 | William Chambers - 1858 - 378 Seiten
...bestir ourselves. ' Industry needs not wish,' as poor Richard says ; and ' He that lives upon hope will die fasting.' ' There are no gains without pains...no lands ; or if I have, they are smartly taxed;' and, as poor Richard likewise observes: 'He that hath a trade, hath an estate ; and he that hath a... | |
 | 1860 - 544 Seiten
...a lengthy paper, as tho book called the " Pleasures of Hope" can testify. Again, says the Doctor, " There are no gains without pains, then help hands for I have no lands." The former portion of this maxim would read much better and more truly, in my opinion, if it read thus,... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1861 - 304 Seiten
...subject when he became a man. Take the following, in addition to those cited in a former chapter : — " There are no gains without pains ; then help hands, for I have no lands." " Industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them." " Never leave that till to-morrow which you... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 Seiten
...subject when he became a man. Take the following, in addition to those cited in a former chapter : — " There are no gains without pains ; then help hands, for I have no lands." " Industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them." " Never leave that till to-morrow which you... | |
 | 1864 - 422 Seiten
...wealthy, and wise," as Poor Richard says. So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times ? We may make these times better, if we bestir ourselves. " Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hope will be fasting. There are no gains without pains ; then help, hands, for I have no lands, or... | |
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