| Ezra Sampson - Conduct of life - 1818 - 432 pages
...is another instance of the truth of an old maxim that I had learned, which says, ' he that has once done you a kindness, will be more ready to do you...resent, return and continue inimical proceedings." NUMBER XXXV. t)f the vast importance of Manner in giving Counsel and Reproof. To exasperate is not... | |
| 1818 - 588 pages
...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...resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings.' In 1737, our philosopher was appointed post master of Philadelphia. His salary was small, but the place... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " lie that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another,...resent, retur,n, and continue inimical proceedings. In 1737, colonel Spotswood, late governor of Virginia, and then postmaster-general, being dissatisfied... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...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,...obliged" And it shows how much more profitable it is prudentry to remove, than to resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings. In 1737, Col. Spotswood,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " Ik that has once done yon a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than...obliged." And it shows how much more profitable it is*prudently to remove, than to resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings. In 1737, colonel... | |
| United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...ever afterwards acted as his friend. ' He that has once done you a kindness,' says our philosopher, ' will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.' • Bradford, Franklin's competitor in the publication of a newspaper, being deprived of his office... | |
| United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...ever afterwards acted as his friend. ' He that has once done you a kindness,' says our philosopher, ' will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.' Bradford, Franklin's competitor in the publication of a newspaper, being deprived of his office of... | |
| 1829 - 260 pages
...is prudently to remove, than to resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings. He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you have yourself obliged." This anecdote is rich in hints for those educating youth. ' 16 PATIENCE IN... | |
| Lydia Howard Sigourney - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...furnished him with a new instance of the truth of a maxim, he learned when a boy, that he who has once done you a kindness, will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you have yourself obliged ; and wisely adds, what all young persons would do well to adopt as a rule, "... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...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...resent, return, and continue, inimical proceedings. In 1737, Colonel Spotswood, late governor of Virginia, and then postmaster-general, being dissatisfied... | |
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