The Secrets of Success: Or, How to Get on in the World1882 - 63 pages |
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... PERSONS INTENDED FOR TRADE · 42 THE BEST SCHOOL . 43 66 WITH BRAINS , SIR ! " 45 USE YOUR EYES '46 HABIT PUNCTUALITY · 48 51 · REST APPEARANCE HOW TO ADVERTIZE 52 • 54 55 TOO MUCH FOR THE WHISTLE 56 A GOOD WIFE TEMPERANCE 57 61 " It is ...
... PERSONS INTENDED FOR TRADE · 42 THE BEST SCHOOL . 43 66 WITH BRAINS , SIR ! " 45 USE YOUR EYES '46 HABIT PUNCTUALITY · 48 51 · REST APPEARANCE HOW TO ADVERTIZE 52 • 54 55 TOO MUCH FOR THE WHISTLE 56 A GOOD WIFE TEMPERANCE 57 61 " It is ...
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... persons suppose , by fortunate speculations and splendid enterprises , but by the practice of industry and economy , and above all , by the acquisition of sound bodily health . He who relies upon these means will rarely be found ...
... persons suppose , by fortunate speculations and splendid enterprises , but by the practice of industry and economy , and above all , by the acquisition of sound bodily health . He who relies upon these means will rarely be found ...
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... persons independent and happy . There are men who , supposing providence to have an implacable spite against them , bemoan , in the poverty of a wretched old age , the misfortunes of their lives . Luck for ever ran against them , and ...
... persons independent and happy . There are men who , supposing providence to have an implacable spite against them , bemoan , in the poverty of a wretched old age , the misfortunes of their lives . Luck for ever ran against them , and ...
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... when it is known that we can implicitly rely on him . I have frequently seen in life such a person preferred to a long list of applicants for some important charge ; he has been lifted at once into station 12 SECRETS OF SUCCESS .
... when it is known that we can implicitly rely on him . I have frequently seen in life such a person preferred to a long list of applicants for some important charge ; he has been lifted at once into station 12 SECRETS OF SUCCESS .
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... persons will find difficulties and hardships enough without seeking them ; let them not repine , but take them as a part of that educational discipline necessary to fit the mind to arrive at its highest good . Learn from the earliest ...
... persons will find difficulties and hardships enough without seeking them ; let them not repine , but take them as a part of that educational discipline necessary to fit the mind to arrive at its highest good . Learn from the earliest ...
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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.