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The artificial wants of mankind thus become more numerous than the natural ; and , as poor Dick says , " For one poor person there are a hundred indigent . " By these , and other extravagancies , the genteel are reduced to poverty ...
The artificial wants of mankind thus become more numerous than the natural ; and , as poor Dick says , " For one poor person there are a hundred indigent . " By these , and other extravagancies , the genteel are reduced to poverty ...
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For six pounds a - year you may have the use of one hundred pounds , provided you be a man of known prudence and honesty . He who spends a groat a - day idly , spends idly above six pounds a - year , which is the price for the use of ...
For six pounds a - year you may have the use of one hundred pounds , provided you be a man of known prudence and honesty . He who spends a groat a - day idly , spends idly above six pounds a - year , which is the price for the use of ...
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Franklin . so on till it becomes a hundred pounds . The more there is of it , the more it produces at every turning , so that the profits rise quicker and quicker . He who kills a breeding sow , destroys all her offspring to the ...
Franklin . so on till it becomes a hundred pounds . The more there is of it , the more it produces at every turning , so that the profits rise quicker and quicker . He who kills a breeding sow , destroys all her offspring to the ...
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... give One hundred twenty - eight millions and one hundred thousand hours , spent at Paris by candle - light , which , at half a pound of wax and tallow per hour , gives the weight of - · 183 7 1,281 128,100,000 64,050,000 ་ མཡས་ ཀྱིས ...
... give One hundred twenty - eight millions and one hundred thousand hours , spent at Paris by candle - light , which , at half a pound of wax and tallow per hour , gives the weight of - · 183 7 1,281 128,100,000 64,050,000 ་ མཡས་ ཀྱིས ...
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for having a very ardent desire to see and observe the state of America a hundred years hence , I should prefer , to an ordinary death , the being immersed in a cask of Madeira wine , with a few friends , until that time , then to be ...
for having a very ardent desire to see and observe the state of America a hundred years hence , I should prefer , to an ordinary death , the being immersed in a cask of Madeira wine , with a few friends , until that time , then to be ...
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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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