 | William Gardiner - 1927 - Страниц: 328
...prudently throw five shillings into the sea. He that loses five shillings, not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that might be made by turning...time that a young man becomes old, will amount to a considerable sum of money. Again: he that sells upon credit, asks a price for what he sells equivalent... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1986 - Страниц: 90
...throw 5.?. into the river. He that loses 5^. not only loses that sum, but all the other advantages that might be made by turning it in dealing, which, by the time a young man becomes old, amounts to a comfortable bag of money. A penny saved is two pence clear. A... | |
 | Thomas L. Haskell, Richard F. Teichgraeber, III - 1996 - Страниц: 564
...have produced, even scores of pounds. . . . He that loses five shillings, not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that might be made by turning...time that a young man becomes old, will amount to a considerable sum of money. 45 "That this is the spirit of capitalism which here speaks in characteristic... | |
 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - 1996 - Страниц: 578
...prudently throw five shillings into the sea. "He that loses five shillings, not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that might be made by turning...time that a young man becomes old, will amount to a considerable sum of money." It is Benjamin Franklin who preaches to us in these sentences That it is... | |
 | Patrick Murray - 1997 - Страниц: 510
...prudently throw five shillings into the sea. "He that loses five shillings, not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that might be made by turning it in dealing, which by the time a young man becomes old, will amount to a considerable sum of money." It is Benjamin Franklin who preaches... | |
 | Max Weber - 1999 - Страниц: 334
...prudently throw five shillings into the sea. He that loses five shillings, not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that might be made by turning...time that a young man becomes old, will amount to a considerable sum of money.2 It is Benjamin Franklin [1709-90 — RS] who preaches to us in these sentences,... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - Страниц: 322
...that would be Rich" of 1737, which includes such hints as: "He that loses 5s. not only loses that Sum, but all the Advantage that might be made by turning...Dealing, which by the time that a young Man becomes old, amounts to a comfortable Bag of Money" (2:165). A second example is his longer 1748 essay, "ADVICE... | |
 | Thomas L. Haskell - 2000 - Страниц: 446
...have produced, even scores of pounds. . . . He that loses five shillings, not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that might be made by turning...time that a young man becomes old, will amount to a considerable sum of money. (48-50) "That this is the spirit of capitalism which here speaks in characteristic... | |
 | Richard P. Horwitz - 2001 - Страниц: 420
...prudently throw five shillings into the sea. He that loses five shillings, not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that might be made by turning...time that a young man becomes old, will amount to a considerable sum of money. It is Benjamin Franklin who preaches to us in these sentences, the same... | |
 | Max Weber - 2001 - Страниц: 354
...the river, "He that loses five shillings, not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that migbt be made by turning it in dealing. which by the time that a young man becomes old, will amount to a comfortable bag of money. It is Benjamin Franklin [l706-90] who preaches to us in these sentences.... | |
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He that idly loses five shillings' worth of time loses five shillings, and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea. He that loses five shillings, not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that might be made by turning it in dealing,... 
