 | 1850 - 642 페이지
...manifest to observing minds. Hence many of the sage maxims of our "proverbial philosophy," such as "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves ;" "Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves." The principle... | |
 | Harvey Prindle Peet - 1850 - 278 페이지
...done in order to state the consequences. Flatter a child, and you will be sure to please its mother. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Set a little boy on horseback, and he will perhaps break his neck. " Train up a child in... | |
 | Success - 1851 - 362 페이지
...there is no lack of such sayings as, "A pin a day is a groat a year ? or that we have already quoted," Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves." Perhaps the former of these maxims, which bears such strongly marked features of homelier... | |
 | John Henry Newman (card.) - 1851 - 442 페이지
...each approve himself in his own neighbourhood ; if each portion is defended, the whole is secured. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Let the London press alone ; do not appeal to it ; do not expostulate with it ; do not... | |
 | Saint John Henry Newman - 1851 - 426 페이지
...let each approve himself in his own neighbourhood; if each portion is defended, the whole is secured. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Let the London press alone; do not appeal to it; do not expostulate with it; do not flatter... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1851 - 116 페이지
...and profitably is harder than either. There is a saying which has a great deal of good sense in it: " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." You will do well to remember, that, though "the love of money is the root of all evil,"... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1851 - 532 페이지
...changed another sovereign, and was owed again; but, trust him, he wasn't going to be cheated out of that: take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. But still it was ditto repeated; changing, being owed, grudging, grumbling: at last he... | |
 | 1852 - 220 페이지
...multiplying itself progressively, until it arrived at thousands; for, as Lord Chesterfield observes, take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. In fact, the truth is, that wealth is at first acquired by very minute particles: small... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1852 - 258 페이지
...than the jester's."— Extr.from Preface M HO OD'S OWN SELECTED PAPERS. tinrntt ILLUSTEATIONS. PAGE. " TAKE CARE OF THE PENCE, AND THE POUNDS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES" . . . . .10 OVER THE WAT ...... 23 A MODERATE INCOME . . . . . .30 THE SUBLIME AND THE... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1852 - 290 페이지
...will create a wise economy. As in money, so in time, we are to look chiefly to the smallest portions. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Take care of the minutes and the hours, and years will take care of themselves. Gold is... | |
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Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money. 
