The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Now First Collected and Arranged: With Memories of His Early Life, 3권J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... up more forces than neces- sary , from the profits accruing to themselves , and to make provision for their friends and dependents . That That the counsellors in most of the colonies , being 52 PAPERS ON AMERICAN POLITICS .
... up more forces than neces- sary , from the profits accruing to themselves , and to make provision for their friends and dependents . That That the counsellors in most of the colonies , being 52 PAPERS ON AMERICAN POLITICS .
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... profits . That the parliament of England is at a great dis- tance , subject to be misinformed and misled by such governors and councils , whose united interests might probably secure them against the effect of any com- plaint from hence ...
... profits . That the parliament of England is at a great dis- tance , subject to be misinformed and misled by such governors and councils , whose united interests might probably secure them against the effect of any com- plaint from hence ...
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... profit , knowledge of esteem , and virtue of veneration . An assuming landlord , strongly disposed to convert free tenants into abject vassals , and to reap what he did not sow , countenanced and abetted by a few despe- rate and ...
... profit , knowledge of esteem , and virtue of veneration . An assuming landlord , strongly disposed to convert free tenants into abject vassals , and to reap what he did not sow , countenanced and abetted by a few despe- rate and ...
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... profits arising to the HOUSE OF PENN from their Indian purchases , and the huckstering manner in which they dispose of lands to the king's subjects in that province . 10. A specimen of the anonymous abuses continual- ly published ...
... profits arising to the HOUSE OF PENN from their Indian purchases , and the huckstering manner in which they dispose of lands to the king's subjects in that province . 10. A specimen of the anonymous abuses continual- ly published ...
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... profits of the trade alone would not bear , a complete set of good and skilful hands are collected and carried over , they find so much of the system imperfect , so many things want- ing to carry on the trade to advantage , so many ...
... profits of the trade alone would not bear , a complete set of good and skilful hands are collected and carried over , they find so much of the system imperfect , so many things want- ing to carry on the trade to advantage , so many ...
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448 페이지 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears ; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff" life is made of, as Poor Richard says. 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 etwugh in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
451 페이지 - 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...
381 페이지 - But you who are wise must know, that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours.
448 페이지 - I stopped my horse lately where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a plain, clean old man with white locks, " Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not these heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How shall we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advise us to do ? " Father Abraham stood up and replied, " If you would...
455 페이지 - ... attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah ! think what you do when you run in debt ; you give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor ; you will be in fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor pitiful sneaking excuses, and, by degrees, come to lose your veracity, and sink into base downright lying ; for ' The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt...
459 페이지 - 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.
451 페이지 - So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to one's own Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will...
412 페이지 - For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
457 페이지 - Thus the old gentleman ended his harangue. The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practised the contrary, just as if it had been a common sermon ; for 'the auction opened, and they began to buy extravagantly.
448 페이지 - ... commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us : G-od helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says.