 The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them ; or, as the Italian proverb runs, The Man who lives by Hope will die by Hunger.  The British Essayists: Spectator - Seite 79herausgegeben von - 1823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Querist - 1882 - 180 Seiten
...— IMvater. Get a name for rising early, and you may lie in bed all day. Grey hairs are honourable. The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living.'in a little time, much beneath them. — Addison. Get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully,... | |
 | Alice Crowther - 1883 - 174 Seiten
...Loche. Economy. Beware of little expenses ; a small leak will sink a great ship. — Benjamin Franklin. The man who will live above his present circumstances...danger of living, in a little time, much beneath them. — A ddison . Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 Seiten
...law of the perds in the apeiron. 0 Life ! to misery how dear ! To bliss how short dost thou appear ! The man who will live above his present circumstances...danger of living in a little time much beneath them. 146 !Lord Byron said to Dr. Millengen, who attended him in his last illness : " Do you suppose that... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 834 Seiten
...regulate one's life. We should *V»f soberly, righteously, ami codly. Tit. ii. u. The man who will five above his present circumstances is in great danger of living, in a little time, ranch beneath them, Attduen. 4. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside.... | |
 | Royal cabinet birthday book - 1884 - 260 Seiten
...Get a name for rising early, and you may lie in bed all day. 29 - Good advice is never out of season. The man who will live above his present circumstances...danger of living, in a little time, much beneath them. — Addison. Get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and live contentedly. 27 Good counsel... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 Seiten
...lago, Tiberius, Borgia, Etbmg. — Addison. fT1HE man who will live above his present circumstances JL is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them. . — Byron. A MIGHTY Mass of Brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could... | |
 | 1891 - 556 Seiten
...laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art. Sallust. Too HIGH. The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living na little time much beneath them. Addison. AND LEARNING. From the time we first begin to know, We live... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 252 Seiten
...romantic generosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man, who will live above his present circumstances,...runs, the man who lives by hope will die by hunger. 30 It should be an indispensable rule in life, to contract our desires to our present condition, and... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 256 Seiten
...much beneath them, or, as the Italian proverb runs, the man who lives by hope will die by hunger. 30 It should be an indispensable rule in life, to contract...condition, and whatever may be our expectations, to live-within the compass of what we actually possess. It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 Seiten
...Martyn. 20 The man who small things scorns will next, / By things still smaller be perplexed. Goethe. The man who will live above his present circumstances...time much beneath them, or, as the Italian proverb says, "The man who lives by hope will die by despair." AdJison. The man who works at home helps society... | |
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