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The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr ... - Page 455
by Benjamin Franklin - 1806
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The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue: Being a Compendium of Moral ...

Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 pages
...cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor ; you will be in fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses,...purpose, ' Lying rides upon Debt's back :' whereas a free American ought not to be ashamed, nor afraid to speak to any man living. 15 "But poverty often...
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Practical Morality; Or, A Guide to Men and Manners: Consisting of Lord ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 pages
...cannot pay at the time, you will he ashamed to see your creditor ; you will he in lear when you speak lo him ; you will make poor pitiful sneaking excuses,...degrees come to lose your veracity, and sink into hase downright lying ; «orf « The second vice is lying,- the first is running in deht," as Poor Richard...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1831 - 310 pages
...cannot pay at the time, you will us ashamed to see your creditor: yon will be hi fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and by degrees come tu lose your veracity, ar.d sink into base downright lying; foi, as poor Richard says, • The second...
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Benjamin Franklin's Way to Wealth: And William Penn's Maxims ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 206 pages
...cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor ; you will be in fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses,...Lying rides upon Debt's back ;' whereas, a free-born man, ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: With Many Choice Anecdotes and Admirable ...

Mason Locke Weems - 1835 - 262 pages
...will be ashamed to see your creditor ; you will be in fear when you speak to him ; you will make/)0or, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and by degrees, come to...says; and again, to the same purpose, " lying rides on debt's back;"whereas a free American ought not to be ashamed, nor afraid to see or speak to any...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1837 - 356 pages
...cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor: you will be in fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses,...your veracity, and sink into base downright lying; fftr, as poor Richard says, ',the second vice is lying; the first is running into debt.' And again,...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 246 pages
...at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor: you will be in fear when you speak to htm ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and...veracity, and sink into base downright lying ; for, as poor Richard says, " The second vice is lying ; the first is running in debt." And again, to the...
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The Life and Miscellaneous Writings of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 96 pages
...lying; the first is running into debt.' A again, to the same purpose, ' Lying rides upon deli 50 baek ;' whereas a free-born Englishman ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue : ' It is hard for...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 624 pages
...cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor; you will be in fear when you. speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses,...says ; and again, to the same purpose, Lying rides iipon Debt's back ; whereas a free-born Englishman ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 342 pages
...cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor : you will be in fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses,...veracity, and sink into base downright lying ; for, as poor Richard says, ' the second vice is lying ; the first is running into debt.' And again, to the...
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