 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost; but if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you...." Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shall sell thy necessaries." And again, " At a great pennyworth pause a while." He means, that perhaps... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...of, and ere long thou slialt sell thy necessaries. And again, At a great pennyworth pause awhile. . He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Van Hoesen, Frank Keller Walter - 1928 - 556 pages
...buy-a-book-a-week programme — as he might if merely a gentleman. Realizing perforce the truth of "Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries," he will know the literature of his special field and will distinguish between books which he needs... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Van Hoesen, Frank Keller Walter - 1928 - 546 pages
...buy-a-book-a-week programme — as he might if merely a gentleman. Realizing perforce the truth of "Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries," he will know the literature of his special field and will distinguish between books which he needs... | |
 | Marc Egnal Professor of History York University - 1996 - 321 pages
...Fox catches no Poultry. [Frugality] Beware of little Expences—a small Leak will sink a great Ship. Buy what thou hast no Need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries. 6 For Weber, Franklin's secular credo and the teachings of the Protestant sects together helped form... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 pages
...of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost; but if you have no Occasion for them, they must be dear to you....says, Buy what thou hast no Need of, and ere long thou shall sell thy Necessaries. And again, At a great Pennyworth pause a rehile: He means, that perhaps... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 pages
...of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost; but if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you....is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, many... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 320 pages
...of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost; but if you have no Occasion for them, they must be dear to you....is apparent only, and not real; or the Bargain, by straitning thee in thy Business, may do thee more Harm than Good. For in another Place he says, Many... | |
 | A. R. Calhoun - 2005 - 301 pages
...of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost; but if you have no occasion for them they must be dear to you....necessaries. And again — At a great pennyworth pause awhile. He means that the cheapness is apparent only, and not real ; or the bargain, by straitening... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 pages
...you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost ; but if you have no occasion for them they must be dear to you....thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell they necessaries." And again, "at a great pennyworth pause awhile." He means that perhaps the cheapness... | |
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You call them goods ; but if you do not take care they will prove evils to some of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost ; but if you have no occasion for them they must be dear to you. Remember what Poor... 
