 | 1869 - 430 lehte
...hewing MM splitting." * Houlaton and Wrierht. London. 334 HOPE AND STRIVE IS THE WAY TO THRIVE. ii. If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as...because her out-goes are greater than her incomes. iii. Away with your expensive follies, and you will not have so much cause to complain of hard times,... | |
 | Pamphilius (pseud.) - 1869 - 282 lehte
...makes a lean will," as Poor Richard says ; and, "Many estates are spent in the getting; Since n-omen for tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting." " Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy." "Fond pride of dress is sure a very... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 lehte
...lor tea for.-onk ¡- :miiu HM! kuitiin?, And -luii fur puucu in;- ;•<>,/!, hewin,' and tpliuiug.' 'If you would be wealthy, think of saving, as well...Spain rich, because her out-goes are greater than lier in-comes/ " Away then with your expensive follies, and you will not then have во much cause... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 lehte
...forsook spinning and knitting, And i.ii'ii (or punch forrook hewing and ispliuing.1 'If you would he wealthy, think of saving, as well as of getting.'...Spain rich, because her out-goes are greater than her in-coines.' " Away then with your expensive follies, and you will not then have во much cause to... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1872 - 432 lehte
...grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will." " Many estates are spent in getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning and...knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting." • Houlston and Sons, London. U. If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as of getting. The... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1986 - 90 lehte
...Advice; one thou hast lost, and the other thrown away. If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes. When Knaves fall out, honest men get their goods : When Priests dispute, we come... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 lehte
...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...forsook Hewing and Splitting. If you would be wealthy, says he, in another Almanack, think of Saving as well as of Getting: The Indies have not made Spain... | |
 | Alyce M. McKenzie - 1996 - 194 lehte
...learn in no other, and scarce in that." "Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it." "Many estates are spent in the getting, since women...knitting, and men for punch forsook hewing and splitting." "Time-enough always proves little enough." "The sleeping fox catches no poultry." "Early to bed, early... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 lehte
...Will, as Poor Richard says; and, Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea Jorsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting. If you would be wealthy, says he, in another Almanack, think of Saving as well as of Getting: The Indies have not made Spain... | |
 | 2005 - 656 lehte
...of reproach, which clearly points out that tea as well as punch were at one time corrupting forces: Many estates are spent in the getting, since women,...and men, for punch, forsook hewing and splitting. (Oxford Diet. 1 970:509) The origin of this expression is not known exactly, yet in all probability,... | |
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... to these we must add frugality, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. 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... 
