 ... a speckled ax was best." For something that pretended to be reason was every now and then suggesting to me that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which if it were known would make me ridiculous; that...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Sayfa 3311818Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 sayfa
...suggesting to me that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous; that a...now I am grown old and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious... | |
 | Paul Zall - 2005 - 216 sayfa
...almost ready to give up the Attempt and content my self with a faulty Character," deceiving himself that "a perfect Character might be attended with the...Faults in himself, to keep his Friends in Countenance" — Like the Man who in buying an Ax of a Smith my neighbour, desired to have the broad whole of its... | |
 | Editors Of Fine Woodworking, Editors of Fine Woodworking - 2005 - 170 sayfa
...such disarray, I finally gave in to the wisdom of orderliness, confessing, as did Benjamin Franklin,"! found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it." What makes this sense of order more imperative as one grows older is that... | |
 | Richard Zera - 2005 - 316 sayfa
...no faults are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them. — Anatole France (1844-1924) A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) FEAR Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2005 - 330 sayfa
...to me, that such extream Nicety as I exacted of my self might be a kind of Foppery in Morals, which if it were known would make me ridiculous; that a perfect Character might be envied and hated; and that a benevolent Man would for the sake of his Friends allow a few Faults in... | |
 | David Bell, Joanne Hollows - 2005 - 296 sayfa
...itself worries him from the standpoint of how he will look to others. '[A] benevolent Man,' he jokes, 'should allow a few Faults in himself, to keep his Friends in Countenance' (p. 73). For Franklin, the appearance of self-transformation works just as well as its reality. For... | |
 | Sue Ann Prince - 2005 - 160 sayfa
...to me that such extream nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous; that a...allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.27 While the "something that pretended to be reason" might gainsay the pursuit of moral... | |
 | Ralph Frasca - 2006 - 307 sayfa
...is easier than consistently doing it. He ultimately rationalized his moral flaws, jocularly noting "that a perfect Character might be attended with the...allow a few faults in himself, to keep his Friends in Countenance."20 Having segmented virtue into its component parts and achieved some mastery of each... | |
 | Stuart Bailey, Peter Bilak - 2007 - 198 sayfa
...to me that such extream nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous; that a...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But, on the whole, tho' I never arrived at the NOOK. j » II J Read, or overlook... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 148 sayfa
...to me that such extream nicety as I exacted of myself might be a K1nd of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous; that a...myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I arn grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But, on the whole, tho' I never... | |
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