The Secrets of Success: Or, How to Get on in the World1882 - 63 pages |
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... perform offices of civility and courtesy without asking for or desiring " something to drink " ; when men can enjoy a holiday without drunkenness and ribaldry ; when a public- house is not a public nuisance ; and when those who can buy ...
... perform offices of civility and courtesy without asking for or desiring " something to drink " ; when men can enjoy a holiday without drunkenness and ribaldry ; when a public- house is not a public nuisance ; and when those who can buy ...
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... perform , never defer it ; by so doing you may bring life - long trouble upon others . Be prompt in your actions ; whatever you undertake try and fulfil . Never promise what you cannot perform . Learn punctuality and self - reliance ...
... perform , never defer it ; by so doing you may bring life - long trouble upon others . Be prompt in your actions ; whatever you undertake try and fulfil . Never promise what you cannot perform . Learn punctuality and self - reliance ...
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... performed , not by strength , but by perseverance . We once had the curiosity to look into a little girl's work - box . And what do you suppose we found ? We found not a single article complete ; and , mute as they were , those half ...
... performed , not by strength , but by perseverance . We once had the curiosity to look into a little girl's work - box . And what do you suppose we found ? We found not a single article complete ; and , mute as they were , those half ...
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... perform , never defer it ; by so doing you may bring life - long trouble upon others . Be prompt in your actions ; whatever you undertake try and fulfil . Never promise what you cannot perform . Learn punctuality and self - reliance ...
... perform , never defer it ; by so doing you may bring life - long trouble upon others . Be prompt in your actions ; whatever you undertake try and fulfil . Never promise what you cannot perform . Learn punctuality and self - reliance ...
Page 53
... perform much mental labour , and to study late at night , and yet sleep well . Some require but little sleep . But such individuals are very rare . General Pichegru informed Sir Gilbert Blane , that during a whole year's campaign , he ...
... perform much mental labour , and to study late at night , and yet sleep well . Some require but little sleep . But such individuals are very rare . General Pichegru informed Sir Gilbert Blane , that during a whole year's campaign , he ...
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Page 26 - As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done : Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery.
Page 57 - What years, i' faith? Vio. About your years, my lord. DUKE. Too old, by heaven : let still the woman take An elder than herself : so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart...
Page 33 - 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 33 - 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 is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.
Page 32 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, diligence is the mother of good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep, says Poor Dick.
Page 37 - So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will; and Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting.
Page 47 - Assume' a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery, That aptly is put on.
Page 61 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 30 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 34 - And again, Three removes are as bad as a fire; and again, Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee; and again, If you would have your business done, go; if not, send. And again, He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.