 Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves ; but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action...  The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Autobiography - 第 2 頁Benjamin Franklin 著 - 1818完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1908 - 430 頁
...with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action ; and therefore, in many...God, I desire with all humility to acknowledge that I owe the mentioned happiness of my past life to His kind providence, which led me to the means I used... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 頁
...persuaded that it is often productive of good to its possessor and to others within the sphere of its action ; and therefore in many cases it would not...thank God for his vanity, among the other comforts of his Ufe. — Franklin. A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross. — Shakespeare. People who are... | |
 | Charles W. Eliot LLD - 1909 - 426 頁
...with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action; and therefore, in many...God, I desire with all humility to acknowledge that I owe the mentioned happiness of my past life to His kind providence, which lead me to the means I used... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 236 頁
...with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action; and therefore, in many...God, I desire with all humility to acknowledge that I owe the mentioned happiness of my past life to his kind providence, which lead me to the means I used... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1910 - 216 頁
...with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action ; and therefore, in many...God, I desire with all humility to acknowledge that I owe the mentioned happiness of my past life to his kind providence, which led me to the means I used... | |
 | Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) - 1911 - 614 頁
...to the possessor, and to oihers who are within his sphere of action ; and therefore, in many casfs, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to...God for his vanity among the other comforts of life. GERMAN. MR. E. 1. GWYNN. [A.] Translate into English : — Was der gereifte Mann durch die Erfahrung... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1912 - 274 頁
...it, being persuaded that it is often productive of 25good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action; and therefore, in many...And now I speak of thanking God, I desire with all Sohumility to acknowledge that I owe the mentioned happiness of my past life to His kind providence,... | |
 | 1914 - 556 頁
...self-suppression. The general distinction is of the kind which separates the lyric poet from the dramatist. ' It would not be altogether absurd if a man were to...for his vanity among the other comforts of life.' Benjamin Franklin sets these words in the forefront of his autobiography, and they deserve to be set... | |
 | William Cabell Bruce - 1917 - 560 頁
...observation in the Autobiography that he gave vanity fair quarter wherever he met with it, and that, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if...God for his vanity among the other comforts of life. In the effort, however, to acquire Humility, Franklin did, he informs us in the same work, acquire,... | |
 | William Cabell Bruce - 1917 - 560 頁
...obscurity, in which he was born and bred, and the affluence and reputation subsequently won by him, he says: And now I speak of thanking God, I desire with all humility to acknowledge that I owe the mentioned happiness of my past life to His kind providence, which lead me to the means I used... | |
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