Fortunate men, how they made money and won renown: a collection of rich men's mottoes and great men's watchwords. To which are added many new and authentic sayings of 'Poor Richard'.1884 |
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... duties , and keeps an exact register of its transactions ; it has a post for every man , a place for every tool , a pigeon - hole for every paper , and a time for every settlement . A per- fectly methodical man leaves his books ...
... duties , and keeps an exact register of its transactions ; it has a post for every man , a place for every tool , a pigeon - hole for every paper , and a time for every settlement . A per- fectly methodical man leaves his books ...
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... duties , deficiency enough— in his own fortunes , evils enough , without minding other people's business . A man who had , by his own unaided exertions , become rich , was asked by his friend the secret of his success . " I accumulated ...
... duties , deficiency enough— in his own fortunes , evils enough , without minding other people's business . A man who had , by his own unaided exertions , become rich , was asked by his friend the secret of his success . " I accumulated ...
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... duty . " Do your duty to the best of your ability , " was the maxim which he urged upon many young men starting on the voyage of life . To a midshipman he once gave the following manly and sensible advice : - " You may depend upon it ...
... duty . " Do your duty to the best of your ability , " was the maxim which he urged upon many young men starting on the voyage of life . To a midshipman he once gave the following manly and sensible advice : - " You may depend upon it ...
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... duty . Do not be a mere observer of turns , but ever present your- self ready for everything ; and unless your officers are very inattentive men they will not allow others to impose more duty on you than they should . " x True Courage ...
... duty . Do not be a mere observer of turns , but ever present your- self ready for everything ; and unless your officers are very inattentive men they will not allow others to impose more duty on you than they should . " x True Courage ...
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... duty to try again . While thus doubtful what he should do , Bruce looked upward to the roof of the cabin where he lay on his bed , and saw a spider , which , hanging at the end of a long thread of its own spinning , was trying to swing ...
... duty to try again . While thus doubtful what he should do , Bruce looked upward to the roof of the cabin where he lay on his bed , and saw a spider , which , hanging at the end of a long thread of its own spinning , was trying to swing ...
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Page 53 - 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 55 - 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 57 - 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, Who Dainties love, shall Beggars prove; and moreover, Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them.
Page 54 - If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for ' at the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.' Nor will the bailiff or the constable enter; for 'industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them.
Page 52 - 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 do ? " Father Abraham stood up and replied, " If you would...
Page 56 - If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Page 59 - 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 104 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 56 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; adding, for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Page 58 - ... are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through industry and frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly, that ' A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,