Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...: Posthumous and other writingsH. Colburn, 1819 |
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... produce , I hereby promise , that whoever shall send me a little essay on some moral or other subject , that is fit for public view in this manner , ( and not basely borrowed from any other author ) I shall receive it with candor , and ...
... produce , I hereby promise , that whoever shall send me a little essay on some moral or other subject , that is fit for public view in this manner , ( and not basely borrowed from any other author ) I shall receive it with candor , and ...
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... and fly to her embraces , notwithstanding her demure looks , as absolutely necessary to produce even your own darling sole good , pleasure : for , self- denial is never a duty , or a reasonable action 66 WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... and fly to her embraces , notwithstanding her demure looks , as absolutely necessary to produce even your own darling sole good , pleasure : for , self- denial is never a duty , or a reasonable action 66 WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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... produce even my own darling sole good , pleasure . Phil . True : I told you that self - denial was never a duty , but when it was a natural means of procuring more pleasure than we could taste with- out it : that as we all strongly ...
... produce even my own darling sole good , pleasure . Phil . True : I told you that self - denial was never a duty , but when it was a natural means of procuring more pleasure than we could taste with- out it : that as we all strongly ...
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... produce real and unmixed happiness ; and these actions , by way of distinction , we call actions morally good . Hor ... produced with intention and design : for it is the intention only that makes the agent morally good or bad . Hor ...
... produce real and unmixed happiness ; and these actions , by way of distinction , we call actions morally good . Hor ... produced with intention and design : for it is the intention only that makes the agent morally good or bad . Hor ...
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... produced with- out right opinion , it behoves us , above all things in this world , to take care that our own opinions of things be according to the nature of things . The foundation of all virtue and happiness is thinking rightly . He ...
... produced with- out right opinion , it behoves us , above all things in this world , to take care that our own opinions of things be according to the nature of things . The foundation of all virtue and happiness is thinking rightly . He ...
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Page 112 - If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest prodigality ; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough always proves little enough.
Page 154 - Experience of it: Several of our Young People were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to bear either Cold or Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, or Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are...
Page 115 - A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. 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 217 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Page 6 - Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, .Angels; for ye behold Him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle His throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end.
Page 236 - I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure. This however was afterwards of use to me, the impression continuing on my mind; so that often, when I was tempted to buy some unnecessary thing, I said to myself, Don't give too much for the whistle; and I saved my money.
Page 113 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, ' diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Page 7 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise.
Page 415 - ... 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...
Page 112 - 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 for I have no lands, or if I have, they are smartly taxed.