 | William H. Ablett - 1867 - 94 trang
...thing, you must buy ten -more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' it is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.' And is truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as the frog to swell in order to equal the ox. ' Vessels... | |
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 492 trang
...have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. — Franklin. ' One vice,' says Franklin, ' costs more to keep than two children.' Religiou is the... | |
 | Pamphilius (pseud.) - 1869 - 282 trang
...thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, "It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy...is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as the frog to swell in order to equal the ox. " Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 trang
...lives the man that has not tried, How mirth can into folly glide And folly into sin ! " SCOTT. PP " It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it." " For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs, Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter." BYRON. " Do... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 trang
...thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, ' It 3 v9 &? aG O ' Veetele large may venture more. Bat little boats should keep near shore.' It is, however, a folly... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 trang
...thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy...as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox. ' v I--I-1 - large may ventare more, Bat little boate should keep near shore.' It is, however, a folly... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 trang
...more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the 0 first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it....as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox. C3 ° " ' Vessels large may venture more, 0 But little boats should keep near shore. It is, however,... | |
 | 1874 - 648 trang
...have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that jonr appearance may be all of a piece ; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. — Franklin. Pride is the common forerunner of a fall. It was the Devil's sin, and the Devil's ruin... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1875 - 298 trang
...boats should keep near shore." And qualified himself to pen such maxims as the following : — " It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." " It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell in order to equal the... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 trang
...have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. He that hath a trade, hath an estate, and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour;... | |
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Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy... 
