Readings for Young Men, Merchants, and Men of BusinessJ. Munroe, 1859 - 172 pàgines |
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Pàgina 14
... become rich , you are unmindful of the favours you received when poor . In all these cases there may be no intentional fraud ; it may not be dishonest , but it is dishonourable conduct . ACTIVITY IS NOT ALWAYS ENERGY . THERE are some ...
... become rich , you are unmindful of the favours you received when poor . In all these cases there may be no intentional fraud ; it may not be dishonest , but it is dishonourable conduct . ACTIVITY IS NOT ALWAYS ENERGY . THERE are some ...
Pàgina 17
... become as cobweb barriers in its path . Difficulties , the terror of which causes the pampered sons of luxury to shrink back with dismay , provoke from the man of lofty determination only a smile . The whole history of our race - all ...
... become as cobweb barriers in its path . Difficulties , the terror of which causes the pampered sons of luxury to shrink back with dismay , provoke from the man of lofty determination only a smile . The whole history of our race - all ...
Pàgina 23
... become confirmed liars , and been con- signed to dishonour and infamy , who began their career in this way ! Language is utterly inadequate to describe the amazing , the infinite importance to our young men , of forming their characters ...
... become confirmed liars , and been con- signed to dishonour and infamy , who began their career in this way ! Language is utterly inadequate to describe the amazing , the infinite importance to our young men , of forming their characters ...
Pàgina 29
... peril may be said to exist within the ages of eighteen and twenty - five . It is at that period that the character and the reputation are more fully developed than at any other . The habits then become fixed AND MEN OF BUSINESS . 29.
... peril may be said to exist within the ages of eighteen and twenty - five . It is at that period that the character and the reputation are more fully developed than at any other . The habits then become fixed AND MEN OF BUSINESS . 29.
Pàgina 30
than at any other . The habits then become fixed , the tone of the mind settled , the disposition regulated . But if a false step be taken , and a false system be adopted , it will be difficult , nay , almost impossible , to recover it ...
than at any other . The habits then become fixed , the tone of the mind settled , the disposition regulated . But if a false step be taken , and a false system be adopted , it will be difficult , nay , almost impossible , to recover it ...
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Pàgina 126 - LAERTES' head. And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel ; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
Pàgina 128 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Pàgina 167 - To prevent this keep an exact account, for some time, both of you expenses and your income. If you take the pains at first to mention particulars, it will have this good effect; you will discover how wonderfully small trifling expenses mount up to large sums, and will discern what might have been, and may for the future be saved, without occasioning any great inconvenience.
Pàgina 68 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a- creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it before he can receive it in a lump.
Pàgina 126 - Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy ; rich, not gaudy ; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are most select and generous, chief in that.
Pàgina 166 - Remember that credit is money. If a man lets his money lie in my hands after it is due, he gives me the interest, or so much as I can make of it during that time.
Pàgina 126 - Beware Of entrance to a quarrel : but, being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice : Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Pàgina 67 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Pàgina 166 - He that murders a crown destroys all that it might have produced, even scores of pounds. Remember that six pounds a year is but a groat a day. For this little sum (which may be daily wasted either in time or expense unperceived) a man of credit may, on his own security, have the constant possession and use of an hundred pounds. So much in stock, briskly turned by an industrious man, produces great advantage. Remember this saying: The good paymaster is lord of another man's purse.
Pàgina 34 - A sacred regard to the principles of justice forms the basis of every transaction, and regulates the •conduct of the upright man of business. He is strict in keeping his engagements.