| Walter Edward Weyl - 1921 - 238 trang
...all her offspring, to the thousandth generation." "After industry and frugality," says Poor Richard, "nothing contributes more to the raising of a young...than punctuality and justice in all his dealings." It is all very canny, near-viewed, and common-sensible. It is the early American version of that immortal,... | |
| Alan Dawley - 2000 - 336 trang
...That the good Paymaster is Lord of another Man's Purse. He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any Occasion, raise all the Money his Friends can spare."50 Newhall may not have read this passage, but he took the advice. Through a friend he was introduced... | |
| Max Weber - 2001 - 354 trang
...saying: The good paymaster is lord of another man's purse. He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on any...his friends can spare. This is sometimes of great usc, After industry and frugality, nothing contributes more to the raising of a young man in the world... | |
| Stephen M. Best - 2010 - 375 trang
..."Remember," Franklin's Poor Richard counsels, "the good paymaster is lord of another man's purse.... After industry and frugality, nothing contributes...than punctuality and justice in all his dealings" (49). It is this philosophy of avarice that contributes most to the objectives of "the honest man of... | |
| Stephen M. Best - 2010 - 375 trang
...lord of another man's purse.... After industry and frugality, nothing contributes more to the ra1sing of a young man in the world than punctuality and justice in all his dealings" (49). It is this philosophy of avarice that contributes most to the objectives of "the honest man of... | |
| Kenneth Allan - 2005 - 450 trang
...time is money . . . that credit is money . . . that money is of the prolific, generating nature. . . . After industry and frugality, nothing contributes...than 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... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 168 trang
...That the good Paymaster is Lord Of another Man's Purse. He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any...Friends can spare. This is sometimes of great Use: Therefore never keep borrow'd Money an Hour beyond the Time you promis'd, lest a Disappointment shut... | |
| 2006 - 340 trang
...the good paymaster is Lord of another Man' s Purse. He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any...Friends can spare. This is sometimes of great Use: Therefore never keep borrow'd Money an Hour beyond the Time you promis'd, lest a Disappointment shuts... | |
| Steven Fantina - 2006 - 254 trang
...when the sun sets over the western shore of the island of Tutuila in American Samoa.— Gale Norton After industry and frugality, nothing contributes...young man in the world than punctuality and justice in his dealings. —Benjamin Franklin 109 Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.—Henry... | |
| Ralph Frasca - 2006 - 295 trang
...esteem, and thus greater trade, in the community. In recompense for diligent repayment of debts, one "may at any Time, and on any Occasion, raise all the...Friends can spare. This is sometimes of great Use." Concluding an essay on comforting the sick, Franklin wrote, "If the Considerations of Religion and... | |
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