I am sure I should wish that : I wish them to give mind, soul, heart, and body to business, — that is the way to be happy. It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have got it, it requires... English Eccentrics and Eccentricities - Page 105by John Timbs - 1866 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...not wish that." — " I am sure I should wish that: I wish them to give mind, soul, heart, and body to business, — that is the way to be happy. It requires...myself very soon. Stick to one business, young man. Stick to your brewery (he said this to young Buxton), and you will be the great brewer of London. Be... | |
| Tracts for the people - 1847 - 800 pages
...and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune ; and when you han got it, it requires ten tunes as much wit to keep it. If I were to listen to all the projects proposed to me, I should ruin mjsclf very soon. ' Stick to one business, young man,' said he to Edward ; ' stick to your brewery,... | |
| James Taylor (of Bakewell.) - 1852 - 96 pages
...fond of money and " business, to the exclusion of more important things ?" is reported to have said, " I am sure I should wish that. " I wish them to give...it, it requires ten times as much " wit to keep it." It is very possible that the eminent individual, who is reported to have given utterance to these sentiments,... | |
| Shopkeeper, Robert Kemp Philp - 1853 - 264 pages
...against them ; they cannot get on themsevles, how can they do good to me ? 4. " Be cautious and bold. It requires a great deal of Boldness and a great deal...it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it." The continued prosperity of the eminent banking-house of the Rothschilds is ascribed, in the following... | |
| Edwin Troxell FREEDLY - 1853 - 370 pages
...against them; they cannot get on themselves; how can they do good to me ? 4. " Be cautious and bold. It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal...it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it." The continued prosperity of the eminent banking-house of the Rothschilds is ascribed, in the following... | |
| Money - 1853 - 168 pages
...^.|ljliemselves ; how can they do good to me ? 4. " Be cautious and bold. It requires a great deal of boldiiess and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune...it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it." The continued prosperity of the eminent banking-house of the llothschilds is ascribed, in the following... | |
| Freeman Hunt - 1856 - 500 pages
...against them ; they cannot get on themselves; how can they do good to me ? 4. " Be cautious and bold. It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal...it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it." The continued prosperity of the eminent banking-house of the Rothschilds is ascribed, in the following... | |
| Edwin Troxell Freedley - 1859 - 200 pages
...against them ; they cannot get on themselves, how can they do good to me ? 4. " Se cautious and bold. It requires a great deal of boldness, and a great...it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it." The continued prosperity of the eminent banking-house of the Rothschilds is ascribed, in the following... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 120 pages
...not wish that." — "I am sure I should wish that: I wish them to give mind, soul, heart, and body to business, — that is the way to be happy. It requires...myself very soon. Stick to one business, young man. Stick to your brewery (he said this to young Buxton), and you will be the great brewer of London. Be... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1863 - 310 pages
...and a great deal of caution, to make a great fortune, and when you have got i^, it requires ten tunes as much wit to keep it. If I were to listen to all tha» projects proposed to me, I should ruin myself very soon. Stick to one business, young man. Stick... | |
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