 And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to...  Select Pieces - Page 9by Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 424 pages
...all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, " It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to " satisfy all that follow it :" And it is as truly folly for...more, " But little boats should keep near shore." It is, however, a folly soon punished: for as Poor Richard says, " Pride, that dines on vanity, sups... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...be all of a piece; but poor Dick says, "It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." And it is as truly folly for...venture more, but little boats should keep near shore." Tig, however, a folly soon punished ; for "Prid« that dines on vanity, sups on contempt," as poor... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...be all of a-piece ; but Poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." And it is as truly folly for...to equal the ox. " Vessels large may venture more, Bat little boats should keep near shore. * It is however a folly soon punished; for, as Poor Richard... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...be all of a piece; but poor Dick says, *' It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." And it is as truly folly for...poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in srder to equal the ox. " Vessels large may venture more, but little boats should keep near shore."... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...be all of a piece ; but poor Djck says, " it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it : * and it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, M tbe frog to swell, in order to equal the ox. « " Vesse's large may venture more, But little beats... | |
 | William Davis (bibliographer.) - Bibliography - 1814 - 146 pages
...the original remarks he may expect, the Compiler has only to reply in the words of Dr. Franklin, that "Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore " A TABLE A TABLE .. OF CONTENTS. Advice to Authors on facility of Composition 86 Anecdote for A ntiquarians... | |
 | John Ely - Readers - 1817 - 124 pages
...and supped with infamy. Cut your coat according to your cloth. Great minds and small means ruin many. Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore. 39. Rather than run in debt, wear your old coat. A patch on a man's back is not so disgraceful as a... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it :' and it is as truly folly for...venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.' It is, however, a folly soon punished ; for, as poor Richard says, ' pride that dines on vanity sups... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it :' and it is as truly folly for...venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.* It is, however, a folly soon punished ; for, as poor Richard says, ' pride that dines on vanity sups... | |
 | Apprentices - 1821 - 156 pages
...be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, * It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. And it is as truly folly for the...as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox. 120 " Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore." It is however, a folly... | |
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