 He, that hath a trade, hath an estate; and he, 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, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to...  Essays and Letters - Page 75by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...have no lands ; or if I have, they are smartly taxed ;' — and (as poor Richard likewise observes,) ' He that hath a trade, hath an estate, and he that...hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour :' but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...for I have no lands," or, if I have, they are fmartly taxed. " He that hath a trade, hath an eftate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour, "'as Poor Richard fays ; but then the trade muft be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the eftate nor... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...effectual to cure the extravagancies of this passion, as any one of the old philosophers.—Mdison. DCXCIV. He that hath a trade, hath an estate, and he that...hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour: but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...cure the extravagancies of this passion, as any one of the old philosophers. — Jlddisan. DCXCIV. He that hath a trade, hath an estate, and he that hath u calling, hath an office of profit and honour: but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...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, hath an estate; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor,' as Poor Richard says ; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1831 - 290 pages
...pains ; then help, hands, for I have ' no lands ;" or, if I have, they are smartly taxed. " He thai hath a trade, hath an estate : and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and lioumir," as l}onr Hichaid says ; but then the trade must he worked at, and the calling well followed,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 314 pages
...if I have they are smartly taxed ;' and, (as poor Richard likewise ohserves) ' He that hath a trnde hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honour;' hut then the trnde must he worked at, and the calling well followed , or neither the estate nor the... | |
 | Working class - 1832 - 220 pages
...gains without pains ; then help hands, for I have no lands ;' or, if I have, they are smartly taxed. ' He that hath a trade, hath an estate ; and he that...neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. — If we are industrious, we shall never starve ; for, ' at the working man's house hunger... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1833 - 336 pages
...gains without pains ; then help hands, for I have no lands," or if I have, they are smartly taxed. " He that hath a trade, hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling, halh an office of profit and honor," as poor Richard says ; but then the trade must be worked at, and... | |
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