 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 446 páginas
...learn hy others Haems, Fools scarcely hy thrir tnrn; hut, Felis quem facium alicna Pericala cant um. Many a one, for the Sake of Finery on the Back, have gone with a bungry Belly, and half starved their Families; Silks and Sattins, Scarlet and lrlrets, as Poor Richard... | |
 | Paul Zall - 2005 - 216 páginas
...means, that perhaps the Cheapness is apparent only, and not real. . . . 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. . . . Many a one, for the Sake of Finery on the Back, have... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 168 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 Almanack. 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. 
