 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 lehte
...and thy shop ivill l;eep thee. And again : If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send. " So much for industry, my friends, and attention to...a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will. "And further: What maintains one vice would bring up tieri children. You may think, perhaps, that a... | |
 | Willard Scott Thompson - 338 lehte
...perhaps a superb flier of kites, but he was a lousy economist: "He that goes aborrowing goes asorrowing." "A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone." Franklin obviously did not perceive the value of capital markets. He did not see... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 lehte
...Rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the Enemy; all for want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail. So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to...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... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 lehte
...rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail. "So much for industry, my friends, and attention to...a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will, as Poor Pvichard says; and, Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning... | |
 | Jerome M. Segal - 2003 - 302 lehte
...Leisure." He warns of the perils of spending and in particular of borrowing. The great thing is to save. "We must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry...the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. ... If you would be wealthy . . . think of Saving as well as Getting." Note that here Franklin is advocating... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 320 lehte
...Rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the Enemy, all for want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail. So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to...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... | |
 | Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - 2004 - 132 lehte
...equipment, etc., gathering dust in a back closet somewhere. SECTION 7 THRIFT THROUGH SMART SAVINGS A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets,...the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. Do you want an easy investment program that can guarantee returns of hundreds of dollars a year? It's... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 446 lehte
...ahout a Horse-shoe NaiL So much for Industry, my Friends, and Atteution to one's own Business; hut to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly suecessfuL A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Note all his Life to the Grinditone,... | |
 | Paul Zall - 2005 - 216 lehte
...policy in the movement to secure independence from London merchants and ultimately from Great Britain. So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to...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... | |
 | A. R. Calhoun - 2005 - 301 lehte
...overtaken and slain by the enemy — all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. " ' III. So much for industry, my friends, and attention to...may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep Ms nose to the grindstone all his life, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean... | |
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So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business ; but 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,... 
