The book of good devices, ed. by G. GoldingGodfrey Golding 1873 |
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... pleasure of that which will also crown thee with heaven , an holy life ; be pious , and thou art all these ; fear God , and thou shalt not fear man or devil , for it will set thee above the reach of fortune or malice . EARL OF BEDFORD ...
... pleasure of that which will also crown thee with heaven , an holy life ; be pious , and thou art all these ; fear God , and thou shalt not fear man or devil , for it will set thee above the reach of fortune or malice . EARL OF BEDFORD ...
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... pleasure turning into cords that shall strangle his soul's life - see the luxuriant harvest of disgrace , poverty , wretchedness , that shall spring from the seeds he so recklessly sows , he would surely be aroused to sober reflection ...
... pleasure turning into cords that shall strangle his soul's life - see the luxuriant harvest of disgrace , poverty , wretchedness , that shall spring from the seeds he so recklessly sows , he would surely be aroused to sober reflection ...
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... pleasure in health , comfort in sickness , keep thy mind and body free , save thee from many perils , relieve thee in thy elder years , relieve the poor and thy honest friends , and give means to thy posterity to live and defend them ...
... pleasure in health , comfort in sickness , keep thy mind and body free , save thee from many perils , relieve thee in thy elder years , relieve the poor and thy honest friends , and give means to thy posterity to live and defend them ...
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... pleasure , and so richer in trimming than in lading . XIV . It is incident to many , but as it were natural with poets , to think others take the like pleasure in hearing as they do in reading their own . inventions . Not considering ...
... pleasure , and so richer in trimming than in lading . XIV . It is incident to many , but as it were natural with poets , to think others take the like pleasure in hearing as they do in reading their own . inventions . Not considering ...
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... pleasure it is to pay one's debts ! I remember to have heard Sir Thomas Lyttleton make this observation . It seems to flow from a combination of circumstances , each of which is productive of pleasure . In the first place , it removes ...
... pleasure it is to pay one's debts ! I remember to have heard Sir Thomas Lyttleton make this observation . It seems to flow from a combination of circumstances , each of which is productive of pleasure . In the first place , it removes ...
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accommodation bills advice ALFRED BARRY become beginning BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Bernard Palissy better bless borrow character Cheltenham College Cloth gilt counsel courage debt desire despise difficulties diligence duty energy everything evil fall Fcap fear feel folly fool fortune gain gilt edges give GUSTAVE DORÉ habit hand happiness haste hath hear heart honest honour hope human idle industry J. G. HOLLAND keep knowledge labour live look Lord man's matter means mind moral morocco never perseverance person pleasure poor Richard says possess poverty pride racter remember resolution rich ruin SAMUEL SMILES SIR WALTER RALEIGH SIR WILLIAM SAVILLE soul speak spirit success sure suretyship thee thine things thou shalt thought thyself to-day to-morrow tongue trifles true trust truth unto virtue wealth wicked wisdom wise words worth young youth
Popular passages
Page 102 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Page 223 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 106 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again.
Page 158 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 223 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 103 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Page 237 - If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its Ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Page 112 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 233 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer: welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Page 104 - The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for, Constant dropping wears away stones; and, By diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable; and Little strokes fell great oaks, as Poor Richard says in his almanac, the year I cannot just now remember.