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" The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your... "
Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs]. 1st Amer. ed - Page 120
by Laconics - 1829
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The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors

Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another. — Cicero. CREDIT, EASILY AFFECTED. — The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at wor,k, he sends for his money...
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The cruet stand, select pieces of prose and poetry, Volume 1

C. Gough - 1853 - 428 pages
...to the extent of half an inch, owing to the relaxation of the cartilages. CREDIT. THE most tiifling actions, that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded....him easy six months longer. But if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money...
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The Universalist Companion, with an Almanac and Register, Containing the ...

1853 - 906 pages
...of business, in all avocations, character in the long run is the best capital. Says Poor Kichard, " The sound of your hammer, at five in the morning, or nine in the night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy for six months longer ; but if he sees you at the...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; to which is Added His ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse forever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money...
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Library of American History: Containing Biographical Sketches, of Washington ...

1855 - 624 pages
...a handled pounds. So much in stock, briskly turned by u industrious man, produces great advantage. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of the hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months...
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Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection ...

1856 - 570 pages
...clay. A jewel in a ten-times-barr'd-up chest Is — a bold Spirit in a loyal Breast. r. _ Franklin. THE most trifling actions that affect a man's Credit...him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a Billiard table, or hears your voice at a Tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money...
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Worth and Wealth: A Collection of Maxims, Morals and Miscellanies for ...

Freeman Hunt - 1856 - 500 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest disappointment shut up your friend's purse forever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at the billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money...
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Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 36

Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1857 - 820 pages
...business, in all avocations, character, in the long run, is the best capital. Says Poor Richard, " the sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or...nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy for six months longer ; but if he sees you at a gambling-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 36

1857 - 798 pages
...business, in all avocations, character, in the long run, is the best capital. Says Poor Richard, " the sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or...nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy for six months longer ; but if he sees you at a gambling-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when...
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 36

1857 - 802 pages
...character, in the long run, is the best capital. Says Poor Richard, " the sound of your hammer at live in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy for six months longer ; but if he sees you at a gambling-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when...
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