The Beauties of Franklin: Consisting of Selections from His WorksT. Davison, 1834 - 186 страници |
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... virtuous . Nor is it strange ; since men of virtue are so rare , so very rare to be found . If we were as industrious to become good as to make our- selves great , we should become really great , by being good , and the number of ...
... virtuous . Nor is it strange ; since men of virtue are so rare , so very rare to be found . If we were as industrious to become good as to make our- selves great , we should become really great , by being good , and the number of ...
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... virtuous and self - approving conduct ; unless our actions will bear the test of our sober judgments , and reflections upon them , they are not the actions , and consequently not the happiness , of a rational being . HEREDITARY HONOURS ...
... virtuous and self - approving conduct ; unless our actions will bear the test of our sober judgments , and reflections upon them , they are not the actions , and consequently not the happiness , of a rational being . HEREDITARY HONOURS ...
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... virtuous education . But the descending honour , to a posterity who could have no share in obtaining it , is not only groundless and absurd , but often hurtful to that pos terity , since it is apt to make them proud , disdaining to be ...
... virtuous education . But the descending honour , to a posterity who could have no share in obtaining it , is not only groundless and absurd , but often hurtful to that pos terity , since it is apt to make them proud , disdaining to be ...
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... virtuous , was not sufficient to prevent our slipping ; and that the con- trary habits must be broken , and good ... virtues I had met with in my reading , I found the catalogue more or less numerous , as different writers included more ...
... virtuous , was not sufficient to prevent our slipping ; and that the con- trary habits must be broken , and good ... virtues I had met with in my reading , I found the catalogue more or less numerous , as different writers included more ...
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... virtues , all that at that time occurred to me as ne- cessary or desirable ; and annexed to each a short precept , which fully expressed the extent I gave to its meaning . These names of virtues , with their precepts , were : 1 ...
... virtues , all that at that time occurred to me as ne- cessary or desirable ; and annexed to each a short precept , which fully expressed the extent I gave to its meaning . These names of virtues , with their precepts , were : 1 ...
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Страница 124 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Страница 85 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Страница 101 - We have had some experience of it : several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces ; they were instructed in all your sciences ; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners ; ignorant of every means of living in the woods; unable to bear either cold or hunger; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy ; spoke our language imperfectly ; were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors ; they were totally...
Страница 124 - ... to eating and drinking, while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination, or passion, bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition. I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names with more ideas...
Страница 185 - My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth ; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money ; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation ; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
Страница 101 - We are convinced, therefore, that you mean to do us good by your proposal, and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise, must know that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will...
Страница 186 - Mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
Страница 150 - In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself ; you will see it, perhaps, often in this history ; for, even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.
Страница 70 - I soon found the advantage of this change in my manner; the conversations I engaged in went on more pleasantly. The modest way in which I proposed my opinions procured them a readier reception and less contradiction; I had less mortification when I was found to be in the wrong, and I more easily prevailed with others to give up their mistakes and join with me when I happened to be in the right.
Страница 69 - ... has been of great advantage to me when I have had occasion- to inculcate my opinions, and persuade men into measures that I have been from time to time...