The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice... The Detroit Journal Year-book - Trang 251888Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
| Zadkiel, Sibly - 2005 - 281 trang
...affect a man's credit ought always to be avoided. The sound of the hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer;— but if he sees you at a gaming-table, or in a tavern when you should be at work, he sends for his money the very next day,... | |
| T. H. Breen - 2004 - 400 trang
...credit demanded a commercial mask that may or may not have been in conflict with the clerk's true self. "The Sound of your Hammer at Five in the Morning or Nine at Night, heard by the Creditor," Franklin observed, "makes him easy Six Months longer." Anyone could put these principles... | |
| William C. Placher - 2005 - 492 trang
...affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at j1ve in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees^ou at a billiard table, or hearsyour voice at a tavern, when _you should be at work, he sends... | |
| Kenneth Allan - 2005 - 450 trang
...punctuality and justice in all his dealings. . . . The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer. . . . [Keep] an exact account for some time, both of your expenses and your income. (Franklin, as quoted... | |
| William Carl Placher - 2005 - 478 trang
...offspring can beget more, and so on. ... The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he seesyou at a billiard... | |
| 2006 - 340 trang
...shuts up your Friends Purse forever. The most trifling Actions that affect a Man' s Credit, are to be regarded. The Sound of your Hammer at Five in the...sees you at a Billiard Table, or hears your Voice in a Tavern, when you should be at Work, he sends for his Money the next Day. Finer Cloaths than he... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 168 trang
...shut up your Friend's Purse forever. The most trifling Actions that affect a Man's Credit, are to be regarded. The Sound of your Hammer at Five in the...Months longer. But if he sees you at a Billiard Table, hears your Voice in a Tavern, when you should be at Work, he sends for his Money the next Day. Finer... | |
| Richard Koch, Chris Smith - 2006 - 228 trang
...have produced, even scores of pounds . . . The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money... | |
| 2007 - 376 trang
...maxims as "Remember, that time is money" and "The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice in a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money... | |
| Andrew Goatly - 2007 - 464 trang
...passage, "credit" ceases to be a metaphor: The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard... | |
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