 ... which he had never done before, and with great civility ; and he ever after manifested a readiness to serve me on all occasions, so that we became great friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an...  Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Página 245por Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 409 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 páginas
...to his death. 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...return, and continue inimical proceedings. In 1737, Col. Spotswood, late Governor of Virginia, and then Postmaster General, being dissatisfied with the... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1818 - 432 páginas
...his death. This 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...resent, return and continue inimical proceedings." NUMBER XXXV. t)f the vast importance of Manner in giving Counsel and Reproof. To exasperate is not... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 páginas
...to his death. 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...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 - 1818 - 558 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1826 - 440 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1826 - 422 páginas
...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 páginas
...profitable it 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... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 páginas
...instance," observes Franklin, " of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, ' He that has done you a kindness, will be more ready to do you...resent, return, and continue, inimical proceedings." He was thereafter re-elected to the same post, without opposition, for several 2 ears successively.... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1839 - 322 páginas
...that it 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, "... | |
 | 1842 - 194 páginas
...instance," observes Franklin, " of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says — 'He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another,...resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings." . 18. In 1737, Colonel Spotswood, at that time postmaster-general, being dissatisfied with his deputy... | |
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