 | 1852 - 220 頁
...multiplying itself progressively, until it arrived at thousands; for, as Lord Chesterfield observes, take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. In fact, the truth is, that wealth is at first acquired by very minute particles: small... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1852 - 258 頁
...than the jester's."— Extr.from Preface M HO OD'S OWN SELECTED PAPERS. tinrntt ILLUSTEATIONS. PAGE. " TAKE CARE OF THE PENCE, AND THE POUNDS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES" . . . . .10 OVER THE WAT ...... 23 A MODERATE INCOME . . . . . .30 THE SUBLIME AND THE... | |
 | Lewis Carroll - 1992 - 292 頁
...person was the Duchess (p. 83) 23 (p. 1 10) Take care of the sense a rewriting of the old proverb, 'Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.' 24 (p. 112) Mock Turtle Soup a cheap imitation of turtle soup made (according to The Alice... | |
 | Jean Rey - 1963 - 150 頁
...bons comptes font les bons amis. A penny saved is a penny gained. Il n'ya pas de petites économies. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. Les petites économies font les bonnes maisons (appr.). THE LIGHTER SIDE The teacher of... | |
 | Flemming Steen Nielsen - 1997 - 438 頁
...Se f.eks. citatet VIII,9,(71). (35) F.eks. Words, pp.25-30. (36) Ibid., p.25: For example, the rule "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves" is evidently not quite true without exception, since another piece of proverbial wisdom... | |
 | S. W. Fallon - 1998 - 336 頁
...! 156 MAR Maqdur kl man kauri hi ragartl hai. The scowering of kauris is the mother of opulence. ( Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.) Ma rä che aññ qissa, ki gao amad о Мшг raft ? Per. What is it to me, that a cow... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 頁
...of, be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people. this LOWNDES William 1652-1724 2608 Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. UIBBOCKJohn 2609 A poor woman from Manchester, on being taken to the seaside, is said to... | |
 | Gaius Valerius Catullus - 1998 - 228 頁
...one in line 2), and provides an equivalent touch of alliteration there. One remembers the old saying 'Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves'; in translation 'the pence' are details like these — the minutiae. But if the text of... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 頁
...Arthur RM 6602 All zeal runs down. What replaces it? Intellectualism. LOWNDES William 1652-1724 6603 divine despair. 11592 'The Princess' Man is the hunter; themselves. LOWRY Malcolm 1909-1957 6604 Fear ringed by doubt is my eternal moon. I like prefaces.... | |
 | Anton Chekhov - 1999 - 500 頁
...cold veal and a piece of bread. In our house such sayings as: "A penny saved is a penny gained," and "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves," and so on, were frequently repeated, and my sister, weighed down by these vulgar maxims,... | |
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Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money. 
