 A man who owes so little, can clear it off in a very little time, and if he is a prudent man, will ; whereas a man, who by long negligence owes a great deal, despairs of ever being able to pay ; and therefore never looks into his accounts at all.  The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son - Page 69by Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...Chesterfield. A MAN who owes a little can clear it off in a very little time, and, if he is a prudent man, he will : whereas a man, who, by long negligence, owes...being able to pay, and therefore never looks into his accounts at all. Befit,— Franklin. THINK — think what you do when you run in debt ; you give to... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1857 - 642 pages
...Gentium. (Publicum. This, my dear friend, is a very trae account, aud a very encouraging one for yon. A man who owes so little can clear it off in a very...When you go to Genoa, pray observe carefully all the environ» of it, and view them with somebody who can tell you all the situations and operations of... | |
 | 1861 - 214 pages
...off in a very short time, and if he is a prudent man, will ; whereas a mau who, by long negligeuce, owes a great deal, despairs of ever being able to pay, and therefore never looks into his accounts at alL —LORD CUEÖTÜHFJELU. L " CHEERFULNESS LENGTHENS THE DAYS Off MAS.'' "WISDOM SPEAKS... | |
 | Charles Hole - 1871 - 298 pages
...exertions for her sister, that he made her the heroine of a novel. ON RESTITUTION. A man who owes a little can clear it off in a very little time, and,...being able to pay, and therefore never looks into his accounts at all, and is thus tempted to forget the duty of restitution when he has it in his power... | |
 | London readers - 1878 - 248 pages
...A man who owes a little can clear it off in a very little time, and, if he is a prudent man, mil ; whereas a man who, by long negligence, owes a great...being able to pay, and therefore never looks into his accounts at all. TRUE COURAGE. INSENSIBILITY to real danger is no less blameworthy than unreasonable... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1879 - 834 pages
...English. German. Enunciation. Italian. Manners. Latin. Greek. Logic. Ethics. History. ( Naturte. Jus -J Gentium. ( Publicum. This, my dear friend, is a very...being able to pay ; and therefore never looks into his accounts at all." (Letter cxcvii.) It is not quite clear what Chesterfield meant by Ethics and Logic,... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1880 - 416 pages
...time, and, if he is a prudent man, will; whereas a man who, by long negligence, owes a great deul, despairs of ever being able to pay, and therefore never looks into his accounts at all."- Chestei-field. a Ctiartery. n For law of boundaries, etc., see De. xix. 14, xxvii.... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1885 - 1120 pages
...indignities to which it subject* it* victim. Bridget. DEBTS— Evil of not Paying. A man who owes a little can clear it off in a very little time, and,...and therefore never looks into his account* at all. Cheiterfitld. DEBTS— Good of Paying. Paying of debt* is, next to the grace of God, the best means... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...not of absolute necessity, rather than to run up the score. Grbt. — Chesterfield. A MAN who owes a little can clear it off in a very little time, and,...being able to pay, and therefore never looks into his accounts at all. . — Fuller. LOSE not thine own for want of asking for it ; 'twill get thee no thanks.... | |
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