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... effect on news as trade . With more concern have I conti- nually observed the growing vices and follies of my country folk : and though reformation is properly the concern of every man , that is , every one ought to mend one ; yet it is ...
... effect on news as trade . With more concern have I conti- nually observed the growing vices and follies of my country folk : and though reformation is properly the concern of every man , that is , every one ought to mend one ; yet it is ...
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... effect on the countenance : there was something in the air of his face , that mani- fested the true greatness of his mind ; which like- wise appeared in all he said , and in every part of his behaviour , obliging us to regard him with a ...
... effect on the countenance : there was something in the air of his face , that mani- fested the true greatness of his mind ; which like- wise appeared in all he said , and in every part of his behaviour , obliging us to regard him with a ...
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... effect , and , if regarded , may prevent abund- ance of folly and wickedness in others , and , at the same time , save me abundance of trouble : and that people may not flatter themselves with the hopes of concealing their loose ...
... effect , and , if regarded , may prevent abund- ance of folly and wickedness in others , and , at the same time , save me abundance of trouble : and that people may not flatter themselves with the hopes of concealing their loose ...
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... effects of his goodness and bounty . All our merit then is with regard to one another , and from one to another . Taking then the assertion as it last stands , If a man does me a service from a natural bene- volent inclination , does he ...
... effects of his goodness and bounty . All our merit then is with regard to one another , and from one to another . Taking then the assertion as it last stands , If a man does me a service from a natural bene- volent inclination , does he ...
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... effect of our own choice , yet we never desire it , but under the appearance of an imaginary good . Many things we ... effects and consequences , not as evils at present , and attended with immediate misery . Reason represents things to ...
... effect of our own choice , yet we never desire it , but under the appearance of an imaginary good . Many things we ... effects and consequences , not as evils at present , and attended with immediate misery . Reason represents things to ...
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Page 75 - 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 83 - ... 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 87 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Page 75 - Industry need not wish, as Poor Richard says, and he that lives upon Hope will die fasting. There are no Gains without Pains; then Help Hands, for I have no Lands, or if I have, they are smartly taxed.
Page 159 - I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth— that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that "except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it.
Page 77 - 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 159 - I firmly believe this ; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel. We shall be divided by our little, partial, local interests, our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by-word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing governments by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest.
Page 136 - the opinion of learned philosophers of our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for that opinion, since, by the apparent motion of the great luminary that gives life to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably...
Page 99 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Page 161 - I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better constitution ; for, when you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.