 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " He. that has once done...resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings. In 1737, Col. Spotswood, late Governor of Virginia, and then Postmaster General, being dissatisfied... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 Seiten
...to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " lie that has once done you a kindness will be more ready...resent, retur,n, and continue inimical proceedings. In 1737, colonel Spotswood, late governor of Virginia, and then postmaster-general, being dissatisfied... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " He that has once done...obliged" And it shows how much more profitable it is prudentry to remove, than to resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings. In 1737, Col. Spotswood,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 Seiten
...another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " Ik that has once done yon a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than...obliged." And it shows how much more profitable it is*prudently to remove, than to resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings. In 1737, colonel... | |
 | 1826 - 422 Seiten
...ever afterwards acted as his friend. ' He that has once done you a kindness,' says our philosopher, ' will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.' Bradford, Franklin's competitor in the publication of a newspaper, being deprived of his office of... | |
 | 1826 - 440 Seiten
...ever afterwards acted as his friend. ' He that has once done you a kindness,' says our philosopher, ' will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.' • Bradford, Franklin's competitor in the publication of a newspaper, being deprived of his office... | |
 | 1829 - 260 Seiten
...more profitable it is prudently to remove, than to resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings. He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you have yourself obliged." This anecdote is rich in hints for those educating youth. ' 16 PATIENCE IN... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 Seiten
...friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, "He, that has once done...resent, return, and continue, inimical proceedings. In 1737, Colonel Spotswood, late governor of Virginia, and then postmaster-general, being dissatisfied... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 Seiten
...instance," observes Franklin, " of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, ' He that has done you a kindness, will be more ready to do you...resent, return, and continue, inimical proceedings." He was thereafter re-elected to the same post, without opposition, for several 2 ears successively.... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1839 - 322 Seiten
...that it furnished him with a new instance of the truth of a maxim, he learned when a boy, that he who has once done you a kindness, will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you have yourself obliged ; and wisely adds, what all young persons would do well to adopt as a rule, "... | |
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House he spoke to me (which he had never done before), and with great civility; and he ever after manifested a readiness to serve me on all occasions, so that we became great friends and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance... 
