 | Ezra Sampson - Conduct of life - 1818 - 432 pages
...his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim that I had learned, which says, ' he that has once done you a kindness, will be more ready...resent, return and continue inimical proceedings." NUMBER XXXV. t)f the vast importance of Manner in giving Counsel and Reproof. To exasperate is not... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...ever afterwards acted as his friend. ' He that has once done you a kindness,' says our philosopher, ' will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.' • Bradford, Franklin's competitor in the publication of a newspaper, being deprived of his office... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...ever afterwards acted as his friend. ' He that has once done you a kindness,' says our philosopher, ' will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.' Bradford, Franklin's competitor in the publication of a newspaper, being deprived of his office of... | |
 | 1829 - 260 pages
...profitable it is prudently to remove, than to resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings. He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you have yourself obliged." This anecdote is rich in hints for those educating youth. ' 16 PATIENCE IN... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - Biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...instance," observes Franklin, " of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, ' He that has done you a kindness, will be more ready to do you...resent, return, and continue, inimical proceedings." He was thereafter re-elected to the same post, without opposition, for several 2 ears successively.... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...that it furnished him with a new instance of the truth of a maxim, he learned when a boy, that he who has once done you a kindness, will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you have yourself obliged ; and wisely adds, what all young persons would do well to adopt as a rule, "... | |
 | 1842 - 194 pages
...instance," observes Franklin, " of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says — 'He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another,...resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings." . 18. In 1737, Colonel Spotswood, at that time postmaster-general, being dissatisfied with his deputy... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 370 pages
...instance," observes Franklin, " of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, ' He that has done you a kindness, will be more ready to do you...resent, return, and continue, inimical proceedings." He was thereafter reflected to the same post, without opposition, for several years successively. In... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - Readers - 1845 - 276 pages
...instance of the truth of a maxim, he learned when a boy, that he who has once done you a kind- . ness, will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you have yourself obliged. He adds, what all young persons would do well to adopt as a rule, "how much... | |
 | India - 1848 - 556 pages
...arise. "' Cf. Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, ch. vi. An old maxim 1 had learned . . . says, He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready...another, than he whom you yourself have obliged." [JS) (Regarding the saying), "the love of a cat is a part of religion," if the noun of action is not... | |
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... which he had never done before, and with great civility ; and he ever after manifested a readiness to serve me on all occasions, so that we became great friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an... 
