The British Prose Writers...: Dr. B. Franklin's essaysJ. Sharpe, 1821 |
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... increased ; but it is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness ; and I pronounce it as certain , that there was never yet a truly great man , that was not at the same time truly virtuous . O Cretico , thou sour ...
... increased ; but it is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness ; and I pronounce it as certain , that there was never yet a truly great man , that was not at the same time truly virtuous . O Cretico , thou sour ...
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... increase . The following letter , left for me at the printer's , is one of the first I have received , which I regard the more for that it comes from one of the fair sex , and because I have myself oftentimes suffered under the ...
... increase . The following letter , left for me at the printer's , is one of the first I have received , which I regard the more for that it comes from one of the fair sex , and because I have myself oftentimes suffered under the ...
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... increase its revenue ? " " It is very likely it would , " answered Glaucon . " Tell me , then , in what consists the revenue of the state , and to how much may it amount ? I presume you have particularly studied this matter , to the end ...
... increase its revenue ? " " It is very likely it would , " answered Glaucon . " Tell me , then , in what consists the revenue of the state , and to how much may it amount ? I presume you have particularly studied this matter , to the end ...
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... increasing its power by his advice , and of raising himself by this means to a high degree of honour , would you not brand him likewise with a meanness of soul , if he would not present himself to be employed ? " " 54 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS ...
... increasing its power by his advice , and of raising himself by this means to a high degree of honour , would you not brand him likewise with a meanness of soul , if he would not present himself to be employed ? " " 54 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS ...
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... increasing in expe- rimental knowledge ; and let no man flatter the age , with pretending that we are arrived at a perfection of discoveries . What's now discover'd only serves to show That nothing's known to what is yet to know . THE ...
... increasing in expe- rimental knowledge ; and let no man flatter the age , with pretending that we are arrived at a perfection of discoveries . What's now discover'd only serves to show That nothing's known to what is yet to know . THE ...
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75 페이지 - 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.
83 페이지 - ... 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...
87 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.
75 페이지 - 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.
159 페이지 - 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.
77 페이지 - 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.
159 페이지 - 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.
136 페이지 - 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...
99 페이지 - 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.
161 페이지 - 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.