 | American Philosophical Society - 1894 - 810 páginas
...help mold the destiny of a new nation, or as one likely to stand before kings. But is it not written, "Seest thou a man diligent in business? he shall stand before kings" ? Early accustomed to habits of strict frugality, Franklin also imbibed those peculiar notions which... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 páginas
...me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men? I thence considered industry as a means of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me; though... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 668 páginas
...when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, "Seest thou.-'a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," I thence considered industry as a means of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me ;... | |
 | Beaumont Square Chapel, Mile End (LONDON), John Thomas Barber Beaumont - 1840 - 204 páginas
...slothful killeth him ; for his hands refuse to labour.—XXII., 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men.—XXIII., 12. Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. —XXIV.,... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 páginas
...27. Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set. 28. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. LESSON LXXIII. A Mother's Influence. .«*• 1. "I WAS a dull boy," said Judge B , in answer to some... | |
 | Richard Allestree, Lady Dorothy Coventry Pakington - 1841 - 368 páginas
...ambitious men endeavour to climb. Solomon sets it down as an aphorism, " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men" (Prov. xxii. 29). But whether it happen to have that effect or no, it will have a better ; for it will... | |
 | 1841 - 188 páginas
...the only " profit " which the industrious man reaps. Solompn says, " Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." In other words, he who is diligent in business will generally rise in the scale of society. Though... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1842 - 188 páginas
...exertion. " A good name is better than riches." He has told us that diligence leads to eminence: " Seest thou a man diligent in business, he shall stand...before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." And all this we see verified in actual life. When the youth grows up to manhood, all these consequences... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 páginas
...wrong or injure in their projected removal of ancient landmarks. " Si-est thou u man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings: he shall not stand before mean men." Would we then stand in n favourable light before the King of kings ? Let us endeavour to be " not slothful... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 páginas
...saith, There is a lion without ; I shall be slain in the streets, &c. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. — Prov. xxii. 13. 29; xxvi. 13. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. — Prov. xxiii. 21. I went... | |
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