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" Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes... "
The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time - Página 1775
editado por - 1900 - 4190 páginas
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Autobiography and Other Writings

Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 páginas
...as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and,...Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea Jorsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting. If you would be wealthy,...
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Language @t work: language learning, discourse and translation studies in ...

2005 - 656 páginas
...of reproach, which clearly points out that tea as well as punch were at one time corrupting forces: Many estates are spent in the getting, since women,...and men, for punch, forsook hewing and splitting. (Oxford Diet. 1 970:509) The origin of this expression is not known exactly, yet in all probability,...
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 607 páginas
...concluded to send you a spinning-wheel." As Poor Richard would soon phrase it in his first almanac: "Many estates are spent in the getting/ Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting." 28 The virtue of frugality was also one of young Franklin's favorite themes in his newspaper writings....
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 607 páginas
...concluded to send you a spinning-wheel." As Poor Richard would soon phrase it in his first almanac: "Many estates are spent in the getting/ Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting."28 The virtue of frugality was also one of young Franklin's favorite themes in his newspaper...
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Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth: Being a 21st Century Treatise on What It ...

Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - 2004 - 132 páginas
...and what you learn will be valuable data for exercises you'll want to run over the coming weeks. *** Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women...knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting. It can pay to do the work yourself, even when it comes to caring for your children. Consider something...
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Poor Richard's Almanack

Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 320 páginas
...once come pouring down, The promis'd crop and golden labours drown." Neither Shame nor Grace yet Bob. Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning & knitting. He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas. A fat kitchin, a lean Will. Distrust...
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Benjamin Franklin's Humor

Paul Zall - 2005 - 216 páginas
...as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and...Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting. . . . Women and Wine, Game and Deceit, Make the Wealth small, and the Wants great. And farther, What...
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The Way to Wealth and Other Writings on Finance

Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 168 páginas
...possessions and money — all part of his wealth. Let not the sun look down and say, Inglorious here he lies. Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women...knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting. Learning is to the studious; Riches to the careful; Power to the bold; Heaven to the virtuous. WEALTH...
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