"Eat your brown bread first" (1822)
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I was just in the process of throwing out (everything must go in this
apartment except Barry Manilow CDs) HINTS TO YOUNG TRADESMEN, AND MAXIMS FOR
MERCHANTS (Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1838), and found on page 21:
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It is a plain, but very sensible maxim, that _it is best to eat your brown
bread first_; nor do we know a better rule to guide a young man in his outset
in life, than the principle which is embodied in this saying.
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Huh? I gotta follow this at Subway?
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_MISCELLANY.; Rules for young tradesmen, and apprenticvs. _
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N Y Mechanics' Gazette. Christian Register (1821-1835). Boston: May 24,
1822. Vol. 1, Iss. 41; p. 164 (1 page) :
It is a plain but rustic saying, _Eat you brown bread first;_ nor is there a
better rule for a young man's outset in the world. (...) _N. Y. Mechanics'
Gazette._
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_"EAT YOUR BROWN BREAD FIRST."_
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Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine (1854-1882). New York: Jun 1866. Vol. 72;
p. 524 (1 page) :
"EAT YOUR BROWN BREAD FIRST."--It is a plain, but faithful saying, "Eat your
brown bread first;" nor is there a better rule for a young man's outset in
the world.
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Saturday Evening Post (1839-1885). Philadelphia: Jan 15, 1876. Vol. Vol.
LV., Iss. No.25.; p. 3 (1 page)
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... Know on which side your bread is buttered. The upper crust. Breadwinner.
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Si tu manges ton pain blanc le premier, tu manges ton pain noir plus tard.
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in England We say, “eat your brown bread first.” while a Young Man is
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_Beggars_ (http://www.godrules.net/library/topics/topic189.htm) must not be
choosers, Take gratefully what is given thee, O man, for what art then but a
mendicant at the _gate_ (http://www.godrules.net/library/topics/topic797.htm)
of _mercy_ (http://www.godrules.net/library/topics/topic1252.htm) Begin
on porridge, that you may end with _chicken_
(http://www.godrules.net/library/topics/topic345.htm) .
This is the Scotch form of very good _advice_
(http://www.godrules.net/library/topics/topic43.htm) , and it means — _Live_
(http://www.godrules.net/library/topics/topic1186.htm) at first with great frugality, that you may rise in
the _world_ (http://www.godrules.net/library/topics/topic2070.htm) , and have
easy times later on. It is to be _feared_
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guess. In England we say, “Eat your brown _bread_
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_live_ (http://www.godrules.net/library/topics/topic1186.htm) hard, that in after
years he may not be forced to keep to “bread and pull it;” but may have
pullet with his _bread_ (http://www.godrules.net/library/topics/topic269.htm) .
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