Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758Newly set into type expressly for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1964 - Almanacs, American - 300 pages |
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Hast thou virtue ? acquire also the graces & beauties of virtue . Buy what thou hast no need of ; and e'er long thou shalt sell thy necessaries . If thou hast wit & learning , add to it Wisdom and Modesty . MAY Feet square .
Hast thou virtue ? acquire also the graces & beauties of virtue . Buy what thou hast no need of ; and e'er long thou shalt sell thy necessaries . If thou hast wit & learning , add to it Wisdom and Modesty . MAY Feet square .
Page 124
Virtue and Sense are one ; and , trust me , he Who has not Virtue , is not truly wise . You may talk too much on the best of subjects . A Man without ceremony has need of great merit in its place . No gains without pains .
Virtue and Sense are one ; and , trust me , he Who has not Virtue , is not truly wise . You may talk too much on the best of subjects . A Man without ceremony has need of great merit in its place . No gains without pains .
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... Where neither Reason nor fair Virtue guide ; And Him , the Wretch , who labours on with Pain , For the low Lucre of an useless Gain , ( Wise but to get , and active but to save ) May Scorn deserv'd still follow to the Grave .
... Where neither Reason nor fair Virtue guide ; And Him , the Wretch , who labours on with Pain , For the low Lucre of an useless Gain , ( Wise but to get , and active but to save ) May Scorn deserv'd still follow to the Grave .
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| Title | Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Masterpieces of American literature |
| Author | Benjamin Franklin |
| Illustrated by | Norman Rockwell |
| Contributors | Van Wyck Brooks, Limited Editions Club, Sign of the Stone Book (Firm) |
| Publisher | Newly set into type expressly for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 300 pages |
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