 I saw one too ambitious of court favor, sacrificing his time in attendance on levees, his repose, his liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, This man gives too much for his whistle.  Poor Richard's Almanac - Trang 86bởi Benjamin Franklin - 1900 - 132 trangXem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | Caleb Bingham - 1820 - 226 trang
...for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you do indeed pay tuo much for the Whistle. 7. When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly...He pays indeed, said I, too much for his Whistle. 10. If 1 see one fon I of line clothes, tine furniture, fine bouses, fine equipage, all above his fortune,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 360 trang
...political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, " He pays, indeed," says I, " too much for his whistle." - If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens,... | |
 | 1821 - 356 trang
...liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, " This man gives too much for his whistle." When I saw another fond of...ruining them by that neglect, " He pays, indeed," says I, " too much for his whistle." If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 trang
...virtue, and perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, "This man gives too much (or his whistle." When I saw another fond of popularity,...bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them In that neglect, " He pays, indeed," says I, " too much for his whistle." If I knew a miser, who gave... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 272 trang
...liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends, to attain it: I have said to myself, this man gives too much for his whistle. When I saw another fond of popularity,...himself in political bustles, neglecting his ' own dffairs, and ruining them by that neglect; he pays, indeed, says I, too much for his whistle. If 1... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1823 - 310 trang
...liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends to attain1 it, I have said to myself, This man gives too much for his whistle. When I saw another fond of popularity,...and ruining them by that neglect: He pays indeed, says I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 170 trang
...and perhaps his friends to attain it, I said to myself, This man gives too much for his whistle. 6. When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly...neglect; He pays indeed, said I, too much for his whittle, 7. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing... | |
 | 1825 - 204 trang
...liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, this man gives too much for his whistle — When I saw another fond of...for his whistle. — If I knew a miser, who gave up every comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1825 - 324 trang
...liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, This man gives too much for his whistle. When I saw another fond of popularity,...and ruining them by that neglect ; He pays indeed, says I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living,... | |
 | 1825 - 538 trang
...said to myself, This man gives too much for his whittle. . When I saw another fond of po» pularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle. If i know a miser, who gave up every kind... | |
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