 The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them ; or, as the Italian proverb runs, The Man who lives by Hope will die by Hunger.  The Spectator - Page 871726 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - English essays - 1864 - 472 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. * The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger. * It should be an indispensable rule in life, to contract our desires to our present condition, and, whatever... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...them, or as the Italian proverb runs — " The Man who » In all wordly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness and intention of mind imaginable,... | |
 | Henry Sampson - Advertising - 1874 - 716 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...'the man who lives by hope will die by hunger.' It should be an indispensable rule in life to contract our desires to our present condition, and, whatever... | |
 | Henry Sampson - Advertising - 1874 - 670 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...the man who lives by hope will die by hunger.' It should be an indispensable rule in life to contract our desires to our present condition, and, whatever... | |
 | Henry Sampson - Advertising - 1874 - 688 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...proverb runs, ' the man who lives by hope will die by hunger.1 It should be an indispensable rule in life to contract our desires to our present condition,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...MACAULAY : Warren Hastings, Oct. 1841. ECONOMY. The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living, in a little time, much beneath them. ADDISON. Certainly, if a man will keep but of even hand, his ordinary expenses ought to be but to the... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...MACAUI.AY : Warren Hastings, Oct. 1841. ECONOMY. The man who will live above his present circumstances D F F Cn? A A 8b@-GY@PF DFFGF C,G G.G D&A 5 ADDISON. Certainly, if a man will keep but of even hand, his ordinary expenses ought to be but to the... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pages
...dear ! To bliss how short dost thou appear ! The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them. 146 !Lord Byron said to Dr. Millengen, who attended him in his last illness : " Do you suppose that... | |
 | Alice Crowther - 1883 - 174 pages
...will sink a great ship. — Benjamin Franklin. The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living, in a little time, much beneath them. — A ddison . Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the... | |
 | Royal cabinet birthday book - 1884 - 260 pages
...day. 29 - Good advice is never out of season. The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living, in a little time, much beneath them. — Addison. Get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and live contentedly. 27 Good counsel... | |
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