The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral and Literary, with His Life, Written by Himself |
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... less propriety . It is this : For want of decency is want of sense . If you ask why I say , with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency , is want of sense . Now ...
... less propriety . It is this : For want of decency is want of sense . If you ask why I say , with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency , is want of sense . Now ...
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... less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into ex- ecution and I was employed in distributing the copies to his customers , after having assisted in composing and working them off . Among his friends he had a number of ...
... less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into ex- ecution and I was employed in distributing the copies to his customers , after having assisted in composing and working them off . Among his friends he had a number of ...
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... less to blame than he had imagined . Sir William Keith , Governor of the province , was at Newcastle at the time . Captain Holmes , being by chance in his company when he re- ceived my letter , took occasion to speak of me and showed it ...
... less to blame than he had imagined . Sir William Keith , Governor of the province , was at Newcastle at the time . Captain Holmes , being by chance in his company when he re- ceived my letter , took occasion to speak of me and showed it ...
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... less he would agree in turn to adopt some of my opinions . Keimer wore his beard long , because Moses had somewhere said , " Thou shalt not mar the corners of thy beard . " He likewise observ- ed the Sabbath ; and these were with him ...
... less he would agree in turn to adopt some of my opinions . Keimer wore his beard long , because Moses had somewhere said , " Thou shalt not mar the corners of thy beard . " He likewise observ- ed the Sabbath ; and these were with him ...
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... less afflicted at this , as he was wholly unable to pay ine ; and as , by losing his friendship , I was relieved at the same time from a very heavy burden . I now began to think of laying by some money . The printing - house of Watts ...
... less afflicted at this , as he was wholly unable to pay ine ; and as , by losing his friendship , I was relieved at the same time from a very heavy burden . I now began to think of laying by some money . The printing - house of Watts ...
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Page 260 - Master will do more Work than both his Hands; and again, Want of Care does us more Damage than Want of Knowledge; and again, Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open. Trusting too much to others...
Page 259 - 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 259 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Page 242 - 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 174 - When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle.
Page 174 - Don't give too much for the whistle ; and I saved my money.
Page 240 - ... molested in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted, by the armed force of the enemy...
Page 29 - Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.
Page 260 - But with our Industry, we must likewise be steady, settled, and careful, and oversee our own Affairs with our own Eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says I never saw an oft-removed Tree, Nor yet an oft-removed Family, That throve so well as those that settled be.
Page 260 - The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for, Constant dropping wears away stones; and, By diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable; and Little strokes fell great oaks, as Poor Richard says in his almanac, the year I cannot just now remember.