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... speak in prayer , with continual meditation , and thinking of Him to whom you pray , and of the matter for which you pray . And use this as an ordinary , and at an ordinary hour ; whereby the time itself will put you in remembrance to ...
... speak in prayer , with continual meditation , and thinking of Him to whom you pray , and of the matter for which you pray . And use this as an ordinary , and at an ordinary hour ; whereby the time itself will put you in remembrance to ...
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... speak . If you hear a wise sentence , or an apt phrase , commit it to your memory , with respect of the circumstance , when you shall speak it . Let never oath be heard to come out of your mouth , nor word of ribaldry ; detest it in ...
... speak . If you hear a wise sentence , or an apt phrase , commit it to your memory , with respect of the circumstance , when you shall speak it . Let never oath be heard to come out of your mouth , nor word of ribaldry ; detest it in ...
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... reason be thy schoolmistress , which shall ever guide thee right . SIR WALTER RALEIGH . Better an open enemy than a false friend . All are not friends that speak fair . The boy is father of the man . First impressions ΤΟ.
... reason be thy schoolmistress , which shall ever guide thee right . SIR WALTER RALEIGH . Better an open enemy than a false friend . All are not friends that speak fair . The boy is father of the man . First impressions ΤΟ.
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... speak better than can be supposed men so barbarously bred were able , may possibly report they fought worse than really they did . Of a like value are the orations of Thucydides , Livy , Tacitus , and most other historians ; which doth ...
... speak better than can be supposed men so barbarously bred were able , may possibly report they fought worse than really they did . Of a like value are the orations of Thucydides , Livy , Tacitus , and most other historians ; which doth ...
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... speaking which your son happily possesses , is that he should cultivate that talent in the only way in which it can reach the height of the art ; and I wish to turn his attention to two points . I speak upon this subject with the ...
... speaking which your son happily possesses , is that he should cultivate that talent in the only way in which it can reach the height of the art ; and I wish to turn his attention to two points . I speak upon this subject with the ...
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Page 225 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 108 - 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 160 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 110 - And now to conclude, Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will learn in no other...
Page 105 - 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 114 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 106 - 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.
Page 26 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, -when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day : demands it before he can receive it in a lump.
Page 105 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, " diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Page 83 - 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.