| Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 trang
...fin. Planta qua sapius transfertur non coalescit. — A tree often transplanted does not thrive. " I never saw an oft-removed tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as one that settled be." See "Saxum volutum." Plausuque petit clarescere vulgi. — He seeks renown by... | |
| Pamphilius (pseud.) - 1869 - 282 trang
...settled, and careful, and oversee our own affairs with our own eyes, and not trust too much to others ; " I never saw an oft-removed tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as one that settled be." And, again, " Three removes are as bad as a fire ;" and again, " Keep thy shop,... | |
| Wilmer Atkinson - 1920 - 512 trang
...dares not enter. The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise. I never saw an oft transplanted tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as those that settled be. He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets t'other go. If you do what you should... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards - 1920 - 424 trang
...yet an oft-removed Family, That throve so well as those that settled be. And again, Three Removes is as bad as a Fire; and again, Keep thy Shop, and thy Shop will Teeep thee; and again, // you would have your Business done, go; if not, send. And again, He that by... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 trang
...our own affairs with our own eyes, and so not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says, 'Three removes are as bad as a fire'; and again, 'Keep thy shop, and thj shop will keep thee'; and again, 'If you would have your business done, go; if not, send'; and... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 680 trang
...oversee our own affairs with our own eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says, <Three removes are as bad as a fire' ; and again, 'Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee'; and again, 'If you would have your business done, go; if not, send'; and again, 'The eye of the master... | |
| Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 518 trang
...oversee our own affairs with our own eyes and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says, "I never saw an oft-removed tree Nor yet an oft-removed...throve so well as those that settled be." and again, "keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee"; and again, "if you would have your business done, go;... | |
| Mrs. Francis King - 1923 - 158 trang
...and this is especially true of old specimens. What truth there is in Benjamin Franklin's rhyme: — I never saw an oft-removed tree, Nor yet an oft-removed...family, That throve so well as those that settled be. Two or three rules which may be suggested here for best results with these shrubs are — First: Give... | |
| Mrs. Francis King - 1923 - 158 trang
...and this is especially true of old specimens. What truth there is in Benjamin Franklin's rhyme: — I never saw an oft-removed tree. Nor yet an oft-removed...family. That throve so well as those that settled he. Two or three rules which may be suggested here for best results with these shrubs are — First:... | |
| Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 trang
...oversee our own Affairs with our own Eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says: just this position which it occupies in the mind....either extreme, but from the Moral Sense is separat is as bad as a Fire; and again, Keep thy Shop, and thy Shop will keep thee; and again, // you would... | |
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