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, " 'He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. Essays and Letters - Trang 84bởi Benjamin Franklin - 1821Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
| Benjamin Franklin - 1849 - 322 trang
...thy shop will keep thee ;' and again, 'If you won Id have your business done, go; if not, •end.' And again, 'He that by the plough would thrive, Himself...must either hold or drive.' And again, 'The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands;' and again, 'Want of care does us more damage than... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 430 trang
...not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds. Pay what you owe, And what you're worth you'll know. He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. There's nothing agrees worse, Than a prince's heart and a beggar's purse. As a man lives, so shall... | |
| 1850 - 492 trang
...to that of the excellent old proverbs which declare " He that endureth is not overcome," and 11 Who that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive." But while our fathers had ever an eye to worldly wisdom, yet they had a thought also to the still better... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1850 - 688 trang
...the bull-dog, the mastiff, and the Newfoundland dog, for watching—the latter being also a waterThe eye of a master will do more work than both his hands. 33 I. 6I4 THE MORE USEFUL VARIETIES OF THE DOG. ft dog; the shepherd's dog, and the drover's dog; and... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 trang
...settled be." And again, " 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." "A little neglect may breed to great mischief: for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1851 - 318 trang
...settled be.' *'And again, '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, fencr.' And again, "He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.' And again,... | |
| Ik Marvel - 1851 - 302 trang
...only quotation by the by, that the old gentleman ever makes — that couplet of Poor Richard : — He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. The Squire has been in his day, connected more or less intimately with Turn-pike enterprise, which... | |
| Dean Dudley - 1851 - 262 trang
...scriptural idea, " earn thy bread by the sweat of thy brow," and also that maxim of Poor Richard, to wit : " He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.'' Sunday in Yankeedom. We were astonished at the strictness with which Yankees observe the sabbath. Their... | |
| george w. johnson - 1851 - 436 trang
...So we may conclude that the old adage is as fresh as ever in its application to labour matters— " He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive." We will now proceed to discuss the ordinary dungbed cucumber culture, for, doubtless, many of our readers... | |
| 1851 - 112 trang
...needless ease ; many without labour would live by their wits only, but they break for want of stock. He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. The eye of a master will do more work than the hands of two servants ; the less you give servants to... | |
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