Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's PublicationPeter Pauper Press, Inc., 1986 - 77 Seiten A collection of maxims, arranged in approximately thirty categories, selected from various editions of Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanack." |
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... ten are suicides . Keep Conscience clear , Then never fear . Doing an Injury puts you below your Enemy ; Revenging one makes you but even with him ; Forgiving it sets you above him . # 49 GRA Great Good - nature , without Prudence.
... ten are suicides . Keep Conscience clear , Then never fear . Doing an Injury puts you below your Enemy ; Revenging one makes you but even with him ; Forgiving it sets you above him . # 49 GRA Great Good - nature , without Prudence.
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Almanack BENJAMIN FRANKLIN better Beware Blockhead Buckram catch Conscience cry'd Cunning cures curse Cyder dead dear Death deceived despise doctor dost doth drink drive thee Drive thy Business e'er enemy evil extreamly Faults fear Folly Fools Friend full Belly give Gold Gout groat happy hath hear honest Horse Husband idly injuries keep Knaves lawyer lazy Lead into Gold live loses man's marriage mend MOUNT VERNON mouth ne'er neighbour never nymph pains pays pence PETER PAUPER PRESS Philosopher's Stone Poor Richard's Poor Richard's ALMANACK Pride purse quoth repent rich Satyr secret seldom Shame sleep Sloth speak spend spouse Sting t'other tell there's things thou hast thou knowest thyself Tis easier To-morrow Tongue Twas twill Vice Vinegar Virtue wealth What's wife Wisdom wise wives woman World worth
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Seite 76 - TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. — SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3.
Seite 73 - I give and I devise" (old Euclio said, And sigh'd) "my lands and tenements to Ned." Your money, Sir? "My money, Sir! what, all? Why,— if I must— (then wept) I give it Paul.
Seite 74 - This doctrine, my friends, is reason and wisdom; but after all, do not depend too much upon your own industry, and frugality...
Seite 76 - Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Seite 70 - 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.
Seite 14 - On his death-bed poor Lubin lies, His spouse is in despair ; With frequent sobs and mutual cries, They both express their care. " ' A different cause,' says Parson Sly, ' The same effect may give ; Poor Lubin fears that he shall die, His wife that he may live.
Seite 60 - Epitaph on a talkative old Maid. Beneath this silent Stone is laid, A noisy antiquated Maid, Who from her Cradle talk'd 'till Death, And ne'er before was out of Breath.
Seite 25 - MY love and I for kisses play'd ; She would keep stakes, I was content ; But when I won she would be paid, This made me ask her what she meant ; Nay, since I see (quoth she) you wrangle in vain, Take your own kisses, give me mine again.
Seite 5 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late, must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night. While Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...