| Anton Chekhov - 1999 - 500 páginas
...cold veal and a piece of bread. In our house such sayings as: "A penny saved is a penny gained," and "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves," and so on, were frequently repeated, and my sister, weighed down by these vulgar maxims,... | |
| James Gillies, R. Cailliau - 2000 - 396 páginas
...enter also.' 'Read not books alone, but also men; and above all, read thyself.' Some have survived: Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves,' or 'Every man's house is his castle.' 'Idle folks take the most pains,' cautioned one,... | |
| Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2001 - 1166 páginas
...— " No alchemy like frugality " ; " ever save, ever have " ; "a pin a day is a groat a year " ; " take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves " ; " man; a mickle makes a muckle " ; " frae saving, comes having " ; "a penny saved is... | |
| Lewis Carroll - 2002 - 204 páginas
...NeU'originale, il proverbio inglese a cui Carroll imprime questa magistrale sterzata semantica è: "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves". Il proverbio italiano preso a bersaglio dal traduttore è, ovviamente, "Chi semina vento... | |
| Charles Barry Townsend - 2003 - 312 páginas
...fair lady. (b) Birds of a feather flock together. (c) He who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. (d) Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. (3) A Puzzle With Coins - Lay out nine counters in three rows of three each, so as to form... | |
| Kamilla Elliott - 2003 - 328 páginas
...epitomizes such tensions between congruous sounds and incongruous senses when he parodies the thrifty maxim: "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves" thus: "Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves" (AW 119). Each... | |
| Edward Poll - 2003 - 174 páginas
...monthly. * Consider sending your bills with preaddressed return envelopes in bright colors. Technology Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. CHAPTER CHECKLIST —Proverb * The Role of Technology in Accounts Receivable » Factors... | |
| R. R. K. Hartmann - 2003 - 400 páginas
...construction Give him enough rope, and he will hang himself; Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours; Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves; etc. (6) the more (less) + the more (less) construction More haste, less speed; The less... | |
| Len Fisher - 2003 - 282 páginas
...sounds will take care of themselves," which is a wonderful multiple pun on the old English saying, "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves." Poorly paid English scientists, though, know that pounds are worth a lot more than pence,... | |
| Svetlana Boym - 2003 - 870 páginas
...pigeon-hole, any more than guns and projectiles become worthless by being stored in their parks or magazines. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. Provide your fit men, — fit by their familiarity not only with special instruments, but... | |
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