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. Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth - Page 6by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 288 lehteFull view - About this book
| James Orchard Halliwell- Phillipps - 1853 - 372 lehte
...in the fen ! HE that would thrive Must rise at five ; He that hath thriven May lie till seven ; And he that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. xciv. [The following is quoted in Miege's ' Great French Dictionary,' Tol. Lond. 1687, 2d part.] A... | |
| James William Gilbart - 1854 - 428 lehte
...shop will keep thee;' and again, 'If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send ; ' trad again, " ' He that by the plough would thrive, Himself...must either hold or drive.' And again, ' The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands ;' and again, 'Want of care does us more damage than... | |
| Day Kellogg Lee - 1854 - 368 lehte
...: " Money buys wJiat talents fail to win." These were rejected, and George Milbank proposed one : " He that by the plough •would thrive, himself must either hold or drive." This was accepted, and distributed ; Neal was led in and guessed it on George's own answer, from the... | |
| Seba Smith - 1854 - 396 lehte
...could hardly be said to be less industrious. Ilis guiding motto through life had been—- "He.that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive." And most literally had he been governed by the precept. He was, in short, an industrious, thriving Kew... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 lehte
...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...must either hold or drive." And again, 'The eye of the master -will do more work than both his hands ;' and again, ' Want of care does us more damage... | |
| 1908 - 588 lehte
...the rheumatism. A man must look before he leap, and science does the looking. As Franklin put it : " The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands." Indeed, the farmer comes into close touch with biological problems because his business is directly... | |
| Arnold B. Cheyney - 1982 - 128 lehte
...garden overflow. It He that would thrive Must rise at five; He that hath thriven May lie till seven; And he that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of the shoe, the horse was lost; For want of the horse,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1986 - 90 lehte
...you shall have Corn to sell and to keep. Laziness travels so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes him. He that by the Plough would thrive, himself must either hold or drive. Knaves & Nettles are akin ; stroak 'em kindly, yet they'll sting. Life with Fools consists in Drinking... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 lehte
...management of ordinary business is the want of imagination. William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English essayist The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman The good governor should have a broken leg and keep... | |
| Ian Dyck - 1992 - 340 lehte
...solidarity among workers were now commonplace. The new moral and economic resolve of the labourers was that He that by the plough would thrive, . . . himself must either hold or drive.43 Along with the labourers Cobbett was edging from a vertical to a horizontal perspective of... | |
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