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... Poor Richard's Almanac - Trang 42bởi Benjamin Franklin - 1900 - 132 trangXem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
| 2006 - 340 trang
...Disappointment 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...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... | |
| 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...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," Weber, Protestant Ethic,... | |
| Andrew Goatly - 2007 - 464 trang
...in a commerce-driven society where, as in the following passage, "credit" ceases to be a metaphor: The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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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