 Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.' And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, or ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit...  Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth - Page 11by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and sapped with infamy.' And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates envy, it hastens misfortune.... | |
 | Apprentices - 1821 - 156 pages
...breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.' And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person — it creates envy, it hastens misfortune.... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.' And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the persou; it creates envy, it hastens misfortune.... | |
 | William Pinnock - Readers (Elementary) - 1822 - 252 pages
...a folly soon punished ; for, as Poor Richard says, ' Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt: pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty,...risked, so much is suffered ? it cannot promote health, nor ease pain : it makes no increase of merit in the person, it creates envy, it hastens misfortune.... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy." And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It canned promote health, nor ease pain) it makes no increase of merit in the person, it creates envy,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...breakfasted with plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.' And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person, it creates envy, it hastens misfortune.... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...breakfasted with plenty, dined vritb poverty, and supped with infamy. And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered 1 ' It cannot promote health, nor ease pain ; it makes no mere»«! of merit in the person, it creates... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...Poverty, and supped with Infamy.' And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for wh ich so much is risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot...merit in the person ; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune. • What is a butterfly 1 at be>t,1 He's bat a caterpillar drett; The gandy fop's his picture... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.' And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked,...much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, or ease pair. ; it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune. • What... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...breakfasted ' with plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.' And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person, it creates envy, it hastens misfortune.... | |
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