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... shillings a - pound : but , said he , I cannot talk on business now ; this is the day when we meet together to learn good things , and I am go- ing to the meeting . So I thought to myself , since I 66 I " cannot do any business to - day ...
... shillings a - pound : but , said he , I cannot talk on business now ; this is the day when we meet together to learn good things , and I am go- ing to the meeting . So I thought to myself , since I 66 I " cannot do any business to - day ...
Page 49
... shillings and six- pence . I then spoke to several other dealers , but they all sung the same song , three and sixpence , three and sixpence . This made it clear to me that my suspicion was right ; and that whatever they pretend- ed of ...
... shillings and six- pence . I then spoke to several other dealers , but they all sung the same song , three and sixpence , three and sixpence . This made it clear to me that my suspicion was right ; and that whatever they pretend- ed of ...
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... shillings a week for this cursed beverage ; an expense from which I was wholly exempt . Thus do such poor devils continue all their lives in a state of voluntary wretchedness and poverty . " Franklin was afterwards required as a ...
... shillings a week for this cursed beverage ; an expense from which I was wholly exempt . Thus do such poor devils continue all their lives in a state of voluntary wretchedness and poverty . " Franklin was afterwards required as a ...
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... shillings . " The recollection of what I felt on this occasion , " says he , " has rendered me more dis- posed , than perhaps I should otherwise have been , to encourage young beginners in trade . " At the same time he established a ...
... shillings . " The recollection of what I felt on this occasion , " says he , " has rendered me more dis- posed , than perhaps I should otherwise have been , to encourage young beginners in trade . " At the same time he established a ...
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Page 2 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; 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 want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Page 1 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? — I will tell thee, my Friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Page 19 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
Page 13 - ... 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, 45 waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Page 40 - We have had some 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, nor counsellors; they were totally good...
Page 3 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again.
Page 40 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.