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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... rich rogue , is like a fat hog , who never does good til as dead as a log . Relation without friendship , friendship without power , power without will , will without effect , effect without profit , & profit without vertue , are not ...
... rich rogue , is like a fat hog , who never does good til as dead as a log . Relation without friendship , friendship without power , power without will , will without effect , effect without profit , & profit without vertue , are not ...
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... rich need not live sparingly , and he that can live sparingly need not be rich . If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy , govern yourself . A wicked Hero will turn his back to an innocent coward . Laws like to Cobwebs catch small Flies ...
... rich need not live sparingly , and he that can live sparingly need not be rich . If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy , govern yourself . A wicked Hero will turn his back to an innocent coward . Laws like to Cobwebs catch small Flies ...
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... rich ; Discontent makes rich Men poor . Too much plenty makes Mouth dainty . [ Cont'd May On the 7th of this month , 1626 , died that great little man , Sir FRANCIS BACON ; great in his prodigious genius , parts and learning ; and ...
... rich ; Discontent makes rich Men poor . Too much plenty makes Mouth dainty . [ Cont'd May On the 7th of this month , 1626 , died that great little man , Sir FRANCIS BACON ; great in his prodigious genius , parts and learning ; and ...
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