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" And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy... "
Wisdom of the Wise: Pithy and Pointed Sayings of the Best Authors - Page 67
by Caroline Louisa Hunt - 1891 - 95 pages
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 2

Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...fancy, and by the violence of these perturbations which unrestrained passions create.—Burton. DCLIX. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal...be all of a piece; but it is easier to suppress the fint desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.—Franklin. DCLX. It is certainly a mistake in the...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 3

John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...seek company and business, which are signs of being weary of themselves. — Sir W. Temple. DCXXVI. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. — Saville. DCXXVII. It is certain, that either wise bearing, or ignorant carriage, is caught, as...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 3

Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...who seek company and business, which are signs of being weary of themselves.—Sir W. Temple. DCXXVI. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy.—Haville. DCXXVII. It is certain, that either wise bearing, or ignorant carriage, is caught,...
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The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue: Being a Compendium of Moral ...

Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...Pond pride of dress is sure a very curse ; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.' 11 "And again, 'Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal...more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, 'It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it:' And...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral ...

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 310 pages
...Fonrf piide of dress is sure a very curse : Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.' Jlnd again, ' Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal...When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten mn.-e, that youi appearance may be all of a piece , but pour Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress...
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Practical Morality; Or, A Guide to Men and Manners: Consisting of Lord ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1831 - 290 pages
...a very curse; Ere iuik;, you cousulu consult your purse." i And again. " Pride is as loud a heggar as want, and a great deal more saucy." When 'you have...thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may he all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, " It is easier to suppress the first desire, t! MI to satisfy...
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The Bristol Job Nott, Or, Labouring Man's Friend, Issue 1

Working class - 1832 - 220 pages
...Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse, Ere fancy you consult, cousult your purse.' And again, ' Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When yon have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ;...
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The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the ..., Volume 1

Almanacs, American - 1833 - 336 pages
...says, " Fond pride of dress is sure a curse ; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse."" And again, "pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy." When you have bought one fine tiling, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but poor Dick says, " it...
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Benjamin Franklin's Way to Wealth: And William Penn's Maxims ...

Benjamin Franklin - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1834 - 206 pages
...«nr« a very cane, Kre fiuicy you consull, commit your pum.' And again, ' Pride is as loud a beggar an Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have...more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, 'It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. And...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral ...

Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1834 - 310 pages
...Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse : Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.' And again, ' Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' \Vhen you have bough) one fine thing, you must buy ten move, that youi appearance may be all of a piece...
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