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How to Make Money: A Practical Treatise on Business, with an Inquiry Into ... Edwin Troxell Freedley No preview available - 2009 |
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Page 57 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Page 30 - Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Page 135 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 91 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 31 - good old rule, the simple plan that they shall take who have the power and they shall keep who can.
Page 122 - I am sure I should wish that : I wish them to give mind, soul, heart, and body to business — that is the way to be happy. It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have got it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it.
Page 7 - Resolve, that no man is wise or safe, but he that is honest. Serve God ; let him be the author of all thy actions: Commend all thy...
Page 134 - But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore : ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 22 - There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a man understood and valued in all countries...
Page 33 - If he had wished our misery, he might have made sure of his purpose, by forming our senses to be so many sores and pains to us, as they are now instruments of gratification and enjoyment ; or by placing us amidst objects, so ill suited to our perceptions as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight. He might have made, for example, every thing we tasted, bitter : every thing we saw, loathsome ; every thing we touched, a sting ; every smell, a stench ;...