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" A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, ' Tis day, and will never be night... "
The Life of Benjamin Franklin - Trang 206
bởi Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 468 trang
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American Literature

Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 trang
...these, and other extravagancies, the Genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom r 5 r 5 pr 5 'tis Day, and will never be Night; that a little to be spent out of so much, is not worth minding;...

Getting a Foothold: Plain Talk--manners--biography--inspiration

William Gardiner - 1927 - 328 trang
...these, and other extravagances, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through industry...them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, 'Tis day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding; (A...

A Book of American Literature

Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 trang
...these, and other extravagancies, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who through industry and...them, which they knew not the getting of; they, think, 'tis day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding; a...

Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation

Jennifer L. Hochschild - 1996 - 433 trang
...virtues: "Fond Pride of Dress, is sure a very Curse;/ E'er Fancy you consult, consult your Purse"; "A Ploughman on his Legs is higher than a Gentleman on his Knees"; and "Pride that dines on Vanity sups on Contempt."20 Americans have learned Franklin's lessons well:...
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Mine Eyes Have Seen

Ann Rinaldi, Terry Deary - 1997 - 292 trang
..."One today is worth two tomorrows." Sometimes he would say, "A small kak witt sink a great ship." And, "A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees." My brothers told me that when they misbehaved when small, Pa would rap them on the head with the handle...
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Autobiography and Other Writings

Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 trang
...these, and other Extravagancies, the Genteel are reduced to Poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who through Industry and...them, which they knew not the Getting of; they think 'tis Day, and will never be Night; that a little to be spent out of so much, is not worth minding;...
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Civilization's Quotations: Life's Ideal

Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 trang
...man who hath a trade, hath an estate; and a man who hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees." — Benjamin Franklin "No profit grows where is no pleasure taken." — Shakespeare "If pains be a...
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A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 trang
...these, and other extravagancies, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who through industry and...them, which they knew not the getting of; they think 'tis day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of so much, is not worth minding;...
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Sikkim: Perspectives and vision

Pavana Cāmaliṅa Kirana - 2003 - 620 trang
...tell you that a dollar earned is of far more value than five found. Benjamin Franklin has rightly said "that a ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees." Let us absorb the message and start acting accordingly. There are many problems the country is facing...
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Poor Richard's Almanack

Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 320 trang
...these, and other Extravagancies, the Genteel are reduced to Poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who through Industry and...them, which they knew not the Getting of; they think 'tis Day, and will never be Night, that a little to be spent out of 50 much, is not worth minding;...
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