Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy. And after all, of what Use is this Pride of Appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote Health, or ease Pain; it makes no Increase of Merit... Life of Benjamin Franklin - Page 193by Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Felton Pidgin - Americans - 1904 - 358 pages
...however, a folly soon punished, for pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt. Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy....of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much suffered? It cannot promote health or ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person; it creates... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1905 - 512 pages
...that dines on Vanity, sups on Contempt, as Poor Richard says. And in another Place, Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy....the Person, it creates Envy, it hastens Misfortune. What is a Butterfly ? At best He^s but a Caterpillar drest The gaudy Fofs his Picture just, But what... | |
| Lionel Strachey - Wit and humor - 1905 - 316 pages
...dines yn vanity sups on contempt, as Poor Richard says. And in 10 another place, Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy....the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune. What is a butterfly? At best He's but a caterpillar drest, The gaudy fop's bis picture just, as Poor... | |
| Jeannette Leonard Gilder - Anthologies - 1910 - 330 pages
...dines on vanity sups on contempt,' as Poor 62 Richard says. And in another place, 'pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.'...the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune. "What is a butterfly? At best He's but a caterpillar drest, The gaudy fop's his picture just, as poor... | |
| Mary Minerva Barrows - Cheerfulness - 1905 - 208 pages
...esteem. The Spectator. Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought. Hazlitt. After all, of what use is this pride of appearance,...the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune. "What is a butterfly? At best, He's but a caterpillar drest, The gaudy fop's his picture just," as... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 396 pages
...punished ; for, as Poor Richard says, Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt. Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy....risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates envy ; it hastens misfortune.... | |
| American wit and humor - 1907 - 374 pages
...that dines yn vanity sups on contempt, as Poor Richard says. And in another place, Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy....the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune. What is a butterfly ? At best He's but a caterpillar drest, The gaudy fop's his picture just, as Poor... | |
| 1907 - 668 pages
...punished; for, as Poor Richard says, Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt. Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy....risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune.... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 pages
...dines on vanity sups on contempt," as Poor Richard says. And in another place, " pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy."...appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered t It cannot promote health or ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates... | |
| Literature - 1910 - 272 pages
...that dines on vanity sups on contempt, as Poor Richard says. And in another place, Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy....person ; it creates envy ; it hastens misfortune. What is a butterfly t At best He's but a caterpillar drest. The gaudy fop 's his picture just, as poor... | |
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