| William Hazlitt - 1841 - 538 trang
...muttered the dissatisfied parson. " If I remember correctly," observed I, " you once remarked to me, that in the affairs of this world men are saved, not by faith, but by the want of it." " 'Tis as true as any gospel that ever was preached," rejoined he with a groan. " To use our friend... | |
| 1841 - 556 trang
...dissatisfied parson. " If I remember correctly," observed I, " you once remarked to me, that in the afiain of this world men are saved, not by faith, but by the want of it." " 'Tis as true as any gospel that ever was preached," rejoined he with a groan. " To use our friend... | |
| Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 trang
...would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive." And again, " The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands :" and again, " Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge." Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many ; but a man's own care is profitable. " If you... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 600 trang
...woilld thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. And again, The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands ; and again, Want of care does...oversee workmen, is to leave them your purse open. THIS ting too much to others' care is the ruin of many ; for /ft the affairs of this world men are... | |
| 1844 - 508 trang
...frieod, Wesley Smead, the banker, says, and the remark evinces profound knowledge in temporal matters, ' In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.' Hence I was prepared to expect and even to justify the sceptical air with which many received the announcement,... | |
| William Horsell - 1845 - 262 trang
...amount of personal and relative suffering. But we are beginning to see, as poor Richard says, that "Trusting too much to others care is the ruin of many, for in the affairs of this life men are saved, not by faith, but by the want of it. But a man's own care is profitable, for if... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 250 trang
...Himself must either hold or drive." And again, " The eye of the master will do more work than hoth his hands ;" and again, " Want of care does us more...too much to others' care is the ruin of many : for, as the Almanac says, in the affairs of the world, " men are saved not hy faith, hut hy the want of... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 trang
...thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.' And again, 'The eye of the master will do more work than hoth his hands;' and again, 'Want of care does us more...too much to others' care is the ruin of many ; for, as the Almanac says, 'In the affairs of the world, men are saved not hy faith, hut hy the want of it;'... | |
| 1845 - 288 trang
...friend Wesley Smead, the banker says, and the remark evinces profound knowledge of temporal matters, "In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith but by the want of it." Hence I was prepared to expect and even to justify the sceptical air with which many received the announcement,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 trang
...plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive." And again, "the eye of the muster will do more than both his hands;" and again, "want of care does...leave them your purse open." Trusting too much to other's care is the ruin of many; for, "in the affairs of this world, men are saved, not by faith,... | |
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