 And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to...  Select Pieces - Page 9by Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 pages
...following : — " It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." " It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich,...as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox." " Pride breakfasts with plenty, dines with poverty, and sups with infamy." His integrity in transacting... | |
 | Jacob Halls Drew - 1861 - 314 pages
...delighted him. He placed it in a conspicuous situation in his chamber, and resolved to follow its maxims. " Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore," was applied to a practical purpose at tho very outset. He took part of a small house, at a low rent,... | |
 | John Mackay Wilson - 1863 - 576 pages
...merchant has begun business in a cellar — and Reuben, quoting the words of poor Richard, said: — " Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore. " And he further said, " I am but serving my time yet; we must creep before we walk." , Never was any... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...piece; but poor Dick says, " It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that foliow it." And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as the frog to swell in order to equal the ox. " Vessels large may venture more, But little boata should... | |
 | Apprentices - 1865 - 138 pages
...the following:— " It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." " It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich,...as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox." " Pride breakfasts with plenty, dines with poverty, and sups with infamy." His integrity in transacting... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. l(,id. Three removes are as bad as a fire. 1bid. Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore. Hid. He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. Ibid. When I see a merchant over-polite to his customers,... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 pages
...be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.' And it is as truly folly for...venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.' It is, however, a folly soon punished; for, as Poor Richard says, 'Pride that dines on vanity, sups... | |
 | William H. Ablett - Commerce - 1867 - 94 pages
...first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.' And is truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as the frog to swell in order to equal the ox. ' Vessels...venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.' " ' It is, however, a folly soon punished ; for, as poor Richard says, ' Pride that dines on vanity... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...find the fool when I behold the screen, For 't is the wise man's interest to be seen. Young, L. of Fa. Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore. PrcaMin, Poor Ric. All's to be fear'd where all is to be lost. Byron, Werner. Be wise, discreet, of... | |
 | Pamphilius (pseud.) - 1869 - 282 pages
...be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, "It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as the frog to swell in order to equal the ox. " Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should... | |
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