 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1861 - 794 páginas
..." Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths." Again, " It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance ;" and yet this folly is practised every day at auctions, for want of minding the Almanack. Many, for the sake of finery on the back, hate gone with a hungry stomach, and halfstarved... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 518 páginas
...place he says, "many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths." Again, Poor Richard says, " 'tis foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance;" and yet this folly is practiced every day at vendues for want of minding the almanac. "Wise men," as Poor Richard says, "learn... | |
 | Rollo La Verne Lyman, Howard Copeland Hill - 1925 - 736 páginas
...' Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.' Again, 'It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance'; and yet this folly is practised every day at auctions. Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone hungry and half starved his family. 'Silks... | |
 | Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 páginas
...another Place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good Pennyworths. Again, Poor Richard says, 'Tis 5 practiced every Day at Vendues, for want of minding the Almanac. Wise Men, as Poor Dick says, learn... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 páginas
...lean will, as ruined by buying good pennyworths. Poor Richard says; and Again, Poor Richard says, 'tis foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance; and yet this folly is practised every day at vendues, for want of minding the Almanack. Wise men, as Poor Dick says, learn by others' harms; fools... | |
 | William Gardiner - 1927 - 328 páginas
...another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. Again, Poor Richard says, 'Tis foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance; and yet this folly is practised every day at vendues for want of minding the Almanac. Wise men, as Poor Richard says, learn by others' harms; Fools,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 páginas
...learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own, but,felix quern faciunt aliena pericula cautum. Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, have gone with a hungry belly, and half starved their families; silks and satins, scarlet and velvets, as Poor Richard says, put out the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 320 páginas
...another Place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good Pennyworths. Again, Poor Richard says, Tis foolish to lay out Money in a Purchase of Repentance; and yet this Folly is practised every Day at Vendues, for want of minding the Almanack. Wise Men, as Poor Dick says, learn by others Harms, Fools... | |
 | Paul Nunes, Brian Johnson - 2004 - 296 páginas
...Franklin, in his 1758 best-seller The Way to Wealth, summed up the social mores of his time, admonishing, "Many a one, for the Sake of Finery on the Back, have gone with a hungry Belly, and half starved their Families . . . 'tis as truly Folly for the Poor to ape the Rich, as for the Frog... | |
 | Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - 2004 - 132 páginas
...another place he says, many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. Again, Poor Richard says, 'tis foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance; and yet this folly is practiced every day at vendues, for want of minding the Alamanac. Wise men, as Poor Dick says, learn... | |
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He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. 
