The Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary: Of the Late Benjamin FranklinJ. West, 1811 - 182 頁 |
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第 16 頁
... happened to see a living com- pany of them on a leaf , who appeared to be en- gaged in conversation . You know I understand all the inferior animal tongues : my too great application to the study of them , is the best ex- cuse I can ...
... happened to see a living com- pany of them on a leaf , who appeared to be en- gaged in conversation . You know I understand all the inferior animal tongues : my too great application to the study of them , is the best ex- cuse I can ...
第 23 頁
... happened to divert your thoughts , and that turned it in my favour . " " Seventhly , If you are a spectator while others play , observe the most perfect silence . For if you give advice , you offend both parties ; him against whom you ...
... happened to divert your thoughts , and that turned it in my favour . " " Seventhly , If you are a spectator while others play , observe the most perfect silence . For if you give advice , you offend both parties ; him against whom you ...
第 24 頁
... happen to lose the game to your opponent , but you will win what is better , his esteem , his respect , and his affection ; to- gether with the silent approbation and good will of impartial spectators . THE ART OF PROCURING PLEASANT ...
... happen to lose the game to your opponent , but you will win what is better , his esteem , his respect , and his affection ; to- gether with the silent approbation and good will of impartial spectators . THE ART OF PROCURING PLEASANT ...
第 29 頁
... happen to be too indolent to get out of bed , you may , in- stead of it , lift up your bed - clothes with one arm and leg , so as to draw in a good deal of fresh air , and by letting them fall , force it out again . This , repeated ...
... happen to be too indolent to get out of bed , you may , in- stead of it , lift up your bed - clothes with one arm and leg , so as to draw in a good deal of fresh air , and by letting them fall , force it out again . This , repeated ...
第 38 頁
... happens , that when I speak of this discovery to others , I can easily perceive by their countenances , though they forbear expressing it in words , that they do not quite believe me . One indeed , who is a learned natural philoso- pher ...
... happens , that when I speak of this discovery to others , I can easily perceive by their countenances , though they forbear expressing it in words , that they do not quite believe me . One indeed , who is a learned natural philoso- pher ...
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第 32 頁 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, -when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day : demands it before he can receive it in a lump.
第 10 頁 - I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
第 33 頁 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
第 10 頁 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth. This put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money; and they laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
第 17 頁 - the opinion of learned philosophers of our race who lived and flourished long before my time that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for that opinion, since by the apparent motion of the great luminary that gives life to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably...
第 32 頁 - 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. This is sometimes of great use. After industry and frugality, nothing contributes more to the raising of a young man in the world than punctuality and justice in all his dealings ; therefore, never keep borrowed money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever.
第 31 頁 - Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on.
第 11 頁 - I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
第 17 頁 - I listened through curiosity to the discourse of these little creatures ; but as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation. I found, however, by some broken expressions that I heard now...
第 20 頁 - Circumspection, which surveys the whole chess-board, or scene of action ; the relations of the several pieces and situations, the dangers they are respectively exposed to, the several possibilities of their aiding each other, the probabilities that the adversary may...