The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His AutobiographyPhillips, Sampson, 1855 - 488 páginas |
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... never spoke a word too soon ; he never spoke a word too much ; he never failed to speak the right word at the right season . " - BANCROFT . 1 1 HW . Smith NANG KAN.
... never spoke a word too soon ; he never spoke a word too much ; he never failed to speak the right word at the right season . " - BANCROFT . 1 1 HW . Smith NANG KAN.
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... Never give way to sloth , or lust , or pride , If free you'd be from thousand ills beside ; Above all ills be sure avoid the shelf Man's danger lies in , Satan , sin and self ! In virtue , learning , wisdom , progress make ; Ne'er ...
... Never give way to sloth , or lust , or pride , If free you'd be from thousand ills beside ; Above all ills be sure avoid the shelf Man's danger lies in , Satan , sin and self ! In virtue , learning , wisdom , progress make ; Ne'er ...
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... never be manufactures to any amount or value . ” Could the writer have looked a century into the future , he would have been startled at the contradiction which time would give to these speculations . The idea of the independence of the ...
... never be manufactures to any amount or value . ” Could the writer have looked a century into the future , he would have been startled at the contradiction which time would give to these speculations . The idea of the independence of the ...
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... never married ; " a good , clever woman , but poor , though vastly contented with her situation , and very cheerful . " Happening to hear that the child of a distant relation was in a destitute state , he took her home , and educated ...
... never married ; " a good , clever woman , but poor , though vastly contented with her situation , and very cheerful . " Happening to hear that the child of a distant relation was in a destitute state , he took her home , and educated ...
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... never imagining that his compliance with this request would be construed into a proof of his approbation of the Stamp Act , nominated Mr. Hughes for the province of Pennsylvania . In concluding his letter to Dean Tucker , Franklin says ...
... never imagining that his compliance with this request would be construed into a proof of his approbation of the Stamp Act , nominated Mr. Hughes for the province of Pennsylvania . In concluding his letter to Dean Tucker , Franklin says ...
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The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Vista completa - 1857 |
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Página 361 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality — that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Página 129 - It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Página 194 - I therefore filled all the little spaces that occurr'd between the remarkable days in the calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue; it being more difficult for a man in want, to act always honestly, as, to use here one of those proverbs, it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.
Página 213 - That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously.
Página 361 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Página 139 - I went for a draught of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther. Thus...
Página 139 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Página 356 - But with our Industry, we must likewise be steady, settled and careful, and oversee our own Affairs with our own Eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says I never saw an oft-removed Tree, Nor yet an oft-removed Family, That throve so well as those that settled be.
Página 111 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 469 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.