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
| Benjamin Franklin - 1901 - 296 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...night heard by a creditor makes him easy six months Jonger, but if he sees you at a billiard-table or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be... | |
| Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - 1904 - 920 trang
...never be repaired. — Walter Scott. 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 at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easier six months longer; but if he sees you at a... | |
| Edwin C. Sims - 1989 - 436 trang
...actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at flve in the moming or nine at night heard by a creditor makes him easy...sees you at a billiard table or hears your voice at a tavem, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day; demands it, before he can receive... | |
| Roger G. Betsworth - 1990 - 220 trang
...Remember that credit is money. . . . 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... | |
| Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout - 1993 - 241 trang
...(or because of) the fact that Franklin frequently manipulated appearances. As he counseled one youth, "The Sound of your Hammer at Five in the Morning or...Creditor, makes him easy Six Months longer. But," Franklin warned, "if he sees you at a Billiard Table . . . when you should be at Work, he sends for... | |
| Joyce Oldham Appleby - 1996 - 578 trang
...shut up your friend's purse for ever. '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-table,... | |
| Patrick Murray - 1997 - 510 trang
...shut up your friend's purse for ever. "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 billiardtable,... | |
| Patrick Murray - 1997 - 504 trang
...shut up your friend's purse for ever. "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 billiardtable,... | |
| James Campbell - 1999 - 316 trang
...with the following piece of advice: 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. If young entrepreneurs... | |
| Kathleen Anne McHugh - 1999 - 246 trang
...48-49. 27. He advises the man who is in debt, "The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer." Quoted ibid., 4928. Though related to labor in this context, this quality fosters the home's identity... | |
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