 | 1870 - 684 pàgines
...and frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly that "a ploughman oo his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,"...knew not the getting of ; they think "it is day, and it will never be night ." that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding , but "always... | |
 | Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 pàgines
...contempt.' " You cannot be too careful to maintain your independence by living within your means : ' A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.' Think what you do when you run into debt : you give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot... | |
 | Phebe Lankester - 1880 - 270 pàgines
...many want to have them ? The artificial wants of mankind thus become more numerous than the natural. ' For one poor person there are a hundred indigent.'...his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.' Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, ' It... | |
 | Thomas P. Pemberton - 1882 - 144 pàgines
..." He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees." But we must draw nearer to the centre of our subject, " Learning a Trade." The object of the remarks... | |
 | Secrets - 1882 - 74 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Fortunate men - 1884 - 192 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1906 - 858 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...through industry and frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly, that and then, 'when the well is dry, they know the worth...know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; never will be night;' that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding; but 'always taking... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1885 - 728 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Robert Phillips Anderson - 1885 - 412 pàgines
...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.... | |
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By these, and other Extravagancies, the Genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who through Industry and Frugality have maintained their Standing; in which Case it appears plainly, that A Ploughman... 
