The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeBooksellers, 1840 - 320 pages |
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... less propri- ety . It is this : - For want of modesty is want of sense . If you ask why I say with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : - Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of sense ...
... less propri- ety . It is this : - For want of modesty is want of sense . If you ask why I say with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : - Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of sense ...
Page 31
... less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into execution , and I was employed in distributing the copies to his customers , after having assisted in composing and working them off . Among his friends he had a number of ...
... less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into execution , and I was employed in distributing the copies to his customers , after having assisted in composing and working them off . Among his friends he had a number of ...
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... was convinced I had been less to blame than he had imagined . Sir William Keith , governor of the province , was at Newcastle at the time . Captain Holmes , being by chance in his company when he received my letter 44 THE LIFE OF.
... was convinced I had been less to blame than he had imagined . Sir William Keith , governor of the province , was at Newcastle at the time . Captain Holmes , being by chance in his company when he received my letter 44 THE LIFE OF.
Page 68
... less afflicted at this , as he was wholly unable to pay me ; and as , by losing his friendship , I was relieved at the same time from a very heavy burden . I now began to think of laying by some money . The printing - house of Watts ...
... less afflicted at this , as he was wholly unable to pay me ; and as , by losing his friendship , I was relieved at the same time from a very heavy burden . I now began to think of laying by some money . The printing - house of Watts ...
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... less than I earned as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave , therefore , as I believed for ever , of printing , and gave myself up to my new occupation , spending all my time either in going from house to ...
... less than I earned as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave , therefore , as I believed for ever , of printing , and gave myself up to my new occupation , spending all my time either in going from house to ...
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Page 274 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost;" being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for the want of a little care about a horseshoe nail!
Page 156 - 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. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Page 271 - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the Stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says. — How much more than is necessary do we spend in Sleep! forgetting that The sleeping Fox catches no Poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the Grave, as Poor Richard says.
Page 273 - And again, Three removes are as bad as a fire ; and again, Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ; and again, If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send. And again, — He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Page 277 - Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy. And after all, of what Use is this Pride of Appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote Health, or ease Pain; it makes no Increase of Merit in the Person, it creates Envy, it hastens Misfortune.
Page 270 - Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Page 276 - If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing; and indeed so does he that lends to such people, when he goes to get it in again.
Page 274 - A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 280 - I had made of the sense of all ages and nations. However, I resolved to be the better for the echo of it, and though I had at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away resolved to wear my old one a little longer. Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit will be as great as mine.
Page 271 - He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor'; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, as Poor Richard says, 'At the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.