 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...easier to quench a spark than a fire : I had rather break the cockatrice's egg than kill a serpent. He that hath a trade hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling hath a plnce of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees. EDITOR'S... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1834 - 206 pages
...will die fasting. There are no gains without pains ; then help hands, for I have no landa ;' or, if I have, they are smartly taxed. ' He that hath a trade,...must be worked at, and the calling well followed, of neither the estates nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall... | |
 | 1835 - 298 pages
...hope, will be fasting. There are no gains without pains; then help hands, for I have no lands, or if I have, they are smartly taxed. He that hath a trade,...and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit arid honour," as Poor Richard snys : but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Economics - 1835 - 340 pages
...will die fasting. There are no gains withont pains; then help hands, for I have no lands,,, or, if l have, they are smartly taxed. "He that hath a trade, hath an estate; and he that hath a ealling, hath an office of profit and hononr, " as poor Richard says; bnt then the trade mnst he worked... | |
 | 1835 - 538 pages
...without pains ; then help hands, for I have no lands, or if I have, they are smartly taxed. He that hatli a trade, hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an oHice of profit arxl honour," as Poor Richard says ; but then the trade must be worked at, and the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1836 - 584 pages
...will die fasting. There are no gains without pains ; then help, hands, for I have no lands ; or, if I have, they are smartly taxed. He that hath a trade...then the trade must be worked at, and the calling followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious,... | |
 | Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...will be fasting. There are no gains without pains ; then help, hands, for I have no lands, or if I have, they are smartly taxed. He that hath a trade...that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour," as Poor Richard says; but, then, the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Conduct of life - 1839 - 204 pages
...DO. 35 go fasting. There are no gains without pains ; then help, hands, for I have no lands, or if I have, they are smartly taxed. He that hath a trade...that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour," as Poor Eichard says ; but, then, the trade must he worked at, and the calling well followed,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1839 - 96 pages
...I have no lands ; or if I have, they are smartly taxed ;' and, as poor Riehard likewise observes, ' He that hath a trade hath an estate, and he that hath a ealling hath an offiee of profit and honour ;' but then the trade must be worked at, and the ealling... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 624 pages
...help, tiands, for I have no lands ; or, if I have, they are smartly taxed. He that hath a trade liath an estate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an office...then the trade must be worked at, and the calling followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious,... | |
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Richard likewise observes, he that hath a trade hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to... 
