 | Secrets - 1882 - 74 Seiten
...expenses; "Buy what is needful." Many a one, for the sake of finery, has gone hungry and half-starved. " A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees." "If you would know the worth of money, go and try to borrow some ; for he that goes a borrowing, goes... | |
 | sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave - 1882 - 250 Seiten
...maintained their standing, in which case, it appears plainly, " A ploughman on his 1 Indigent, needy. legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think,... | |
 | Fortunate men - 1884 - 192 Seiten
...formerly despised, but who, through industry and frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly, that ' a ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor Kichard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they... | |
 | Osgood Eaton Fuller - 1884 - 564 Seiten
...industry and frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly, that 'A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they •... | |
 | 1906 - 858 Seiten
...time enough always proves little enough. He that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honour. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees. Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. It is foolish... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 Seiten
...formerly despised, but who, through industry and frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case ,' as poor Richard says; and then, 'when the well...they know the worth of water.' But this they migh says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think... | |
 | Robert Phillips Anderson - 1885 - 412 Seiten
...hinder a vote, some stories of noble firmness can be told that illustrate Poor Richard's proverb, " A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," and are at variance with the ideas of a statesman who said, " Every man has his price." REIGATE CASTLE.... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1885 - 728 Seiten
...Richard, it is that " Silks and satins, scarlet and velvet, put out the kitchen fire." And again, " A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees." " Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy." But " Pride that dines on vanity... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 Seiten
...industry and frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly, that 'A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think,... | |
 | W & R CHAMBERS - 1887 - 238 Seiten
...who, through industry and frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly "A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think,... | |
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A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think 'Tis day, and will never be night... 
