 | Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins, Edward Hiram Reede - 1924 - 360 Seiten
...observes: "This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says: 'He that hath once done you a kindness will be more ready to do...you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.' " That moral is worthy of being the point of a French farce — which, indeed, it has since become... | |
 | Sydney George Fisher - 1926 - 446 Seiten
...to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says ' He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready...another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.' " (Bigelow's Franklin from his own Writings, vol. ip 260.) 197 Some people have professed to be very... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 Seiten
...finger before you point at my spots. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, writer Favors He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready...you another than he whom you yourself have obliged. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, writer The pleasure we derive from doing favors is... | |
 | Herbert A. Leibowitz - 1991 - 420 Seiten
...Occasions, to his Death. This is another Instance of the Truth of an old Maxim I had learnt, which says, He that has once done you a Kindness will be more ready...resent, return and continue inimical Proceedings. (172) There is nothing venal in Franklin's shrewd campaign to disarm a potential adversary who might... | |
 | Robert Campbell Roberts - 1993 - 332 Seiten
...to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, "He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged."1 So if you wish to become a better friend of God — to cherish him more, to deepen your... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 Seiten
...continu'd to his Death. This is another Instance of the Truth of an old Maxim I had learnt, which says, He that has once done you a Kindness will be more ready...it is prudently to remove, than to resent, return & continue inimical Proceedings. — In 1737, Col. Spotswood, late Governor of Virginia, & then Post-master,... | |
 | Elliot Aronson - 2001 - 210 Seiten
...to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, "He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready...you another than he whom you yourself have obliged." COOPERATIVE LEARNING AS SELF-PERSUASION In the years following the success of the jigsaw strategy,... | |
 | Richard Stengel - 2002 - 326 Seiten
...continu'd to his Death. This is another Instance of the Truth of an old Maxim I had learnt, which says, 'He that has once done you a Kindness will be more ready...another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.' " The maxim that best summarizes this idea is La Rochefoucauld's, that we ingratiate ourselves with... | |
 | Christopher J. Murrey - 2002 - 254 Seiten
...continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says 'He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready...another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.'" (Bigelow's Frank/in from his own Writings, vol. ip 260.) Some people have professed to be very much... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 607 Seiten
...to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, "He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready...another, than he whom you yourself have obliged." " Franklin's competition with Bradford had one interesting aspect that might seem unusual but was,... | |
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... which he had never done before, and with great civility ; and he ever after manifested a readiness to serve me on all occasions, so that we became great friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an... 
