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" Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves ; but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action... "
The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Autobiography - Página 2
por Benjamin Franklin - 1818
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 434 páginas
...with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action; and therefore, in many...for his vanity among the other comforts of life.* * Some twenty years before he commenced his Memoirs, Franklin threw his mantle ovfr this not unprofitable...
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The National Quarterly Review, Volúmenes29-30

1874 - 852 páginas
...with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action ; and therefore, in many...thank God for his vanity, among the other comforts of lite." — voL i., p. 82. The autobiography proper — that is ta say, the portion expressly written...
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Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Volumen1

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 páginas
...with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action ; and therefore, in many...for his vanity among the other comforts of life.* • Some twenty years before he commenced his Memoirs, Franklin threw his mantle over this not unprofitable...
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Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Volumen1

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 602 páginas
...with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action ; and therefore, in many...for his vanity among the other comforts of life.* * Some twenty years before he commenced his Memoirs, Franklin threw his mantle over this not unprofitable...
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The National quarterly review, ed. by E.I. Sears

Edward Isidore Sears - 1875 - 436 páginas
...with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action ; and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a mau were to thank God for his vanity, among the other comforts of life." — voL i., p. 82. The autobiography...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen1

Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1875 - 579 páginas
...furca, tamen usque recurret Being forbid to praise themselves, they learn instead of it to censure And now I speak of thanking God, I desire with all humility to acknowledge that I owe the menothers, which is only a roundabout way of praising themselves ; for condemning the conduct...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography. pt. 2. Continuation, by Jared ...

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1882 - 680 páginas
...with it, being persuaded, that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others who are within his sphere of action ; and therefore in many...life. And now I speak of thanking God, I desire with aH humility to acknowledge, that I attribute the mentioned happiness of my past life to his divine...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: With Notes and a Sketch of Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 256 páginas
...with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action ; and therefore, in many...comforts of life. And now I speak of thanking God, I desire'with all humility to acknowledge that I owe the mentioned happiness of my past life to his kind...
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Self-consciousness of Noted Persons

1886 - 218 páginas
...with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action ; and therefore in many...for his vanity, among the other comforts of life." In one of his letters he writes : " What you mention concerning the love of praise is indeed very true...
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The Autobiography of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury

Edward Herbert Baron Herbert of Cherbury - 1886 - 488 páginas
...AFTER A DUEL. Page 121 ANNE, QUEEN OF JAMES I. . . . ,,130 COUNT DE GONDOMAR .... ,,235 INTRODUCTION. " IT would not be altogether absurd if a man were to...for his vanity among the other comforts of life." Benjamin Franklin sets these words in the forefront of his autobiography, and they deserve to be set...
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