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. Aldgate , Lashington , Allen , ki Finsbury Square . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC
LIBRARY P Twist ATOR , LENOX. and all other Borkollen bous , we shall never ...
Sold in London or monds Paternoster - row , Champante & Whitrow . Jewry Mreet
. Aldgate , Lashington , Allen , ki Finsbury Square . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC
LIBRARY P Twist ATOR , LENOX. and all other Borkollen bous , we shall never ...
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If Eli time be of all things the most precious , wasting time - ) must be ( as poor
Richard says ) the greatest prodica gality ; " since , as he elsewhere tells us , “
Lyst time Riu is never found again ; and what we call time enough , aki always
proves ...
If Eli time be of all things the most precious , wasting time - ) must be ( as poor
Richard says ) the greatest prodica gality ; " since , as he elsewhere tells us , “
Lyst time Riu is never found again ; and what we call time enough , aki always
proves ...
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Leisure is time for doing something e useful ; this leisure the diligent man will
obtain , but the lazy man never ; so that , as poor Richard says , “ A life of leisure
and a life of laziness are two things . " m Do you imagine that sloth will afford you
...
Leisure is time for doing something e useful ; this leisure the diligent man will
obtain , but the lazy man never ; so that , as poor Richard says , “ A life of leisure
and a life of laziness are two things . " m Do you imagine that sloth will afford you
...
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Perhaps they have had a small estate lest them , which they knew not the getting
of ; they think “ It is day , and will never be night ; " that a little to be spent out of so
much , is not worth heeding : “ A child and a fool ( as poor Richard says ) ...
Perhaps they have had a small estate lest them , which they knew not the getting
of ; they think “ It is day , and will never be night ; " that a little to be spent out of so
much , is not worth heeding : “ A child and a fool ( as poor Richard says ) ...
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Then shall thy hide bound pocket soon begin to thrive , and will never again cry
with the empty belly - ach : neither will creditors insult thee , nor want oppress ,
nor honger bite , nor nakedness freeze thee . The whole hemisphere will shine ...
Then shall thy hide bound pocket soon begin to thrive , and will never again cry
with the empty belly - ach : neither will creditors insult thee , nor want oppress ,
nor honger bite , nor nakedness freeze thee . The whole hemisphere will shine ...
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Page 5 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? — I will tell thee, my Friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Page 44 - We have had some experience of it: several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners ; ignorant of every means of living in the woods; unable to bear either cold or hunger; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy ; spoke our language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, or counsellors; they were totally good...
Page 2 - I stopped my horse lately, where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times; and one of the company called to a plain, clean, old man, with white locks, "Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? Will not these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? 'How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would you advise us to?" Father Abraham stood up, and replied, "If you would have...
Page 7 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again.
Page 44 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.
Page 9 - And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
Page 11 - Things, for they may all be blasted without the Blessing of Heaven; and therefore ask that Blessing humbly, and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember Job suffered, and was afterwards prosperous. And now to conclude, Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will learn in no other...
Page 43 - We are convinced, therefore, that you mean to do us good by your proposal, and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise, must know that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will...
Page 3 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life? then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep? forgetting, that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Page 44 - Treaties a hundred Years back, which when we compare with our Writings we always find exact. He that would speak, rises. The rest observe a profound Silence. When he has finished...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Select Pieces |
| Author | Benjamin Franklin |
| Publisher | G. Nicholson, 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 59 pages |
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