Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanacks, are a classic of American letters and were, in their day, an immensely popular and influential publication. In colonial America they were read by one out of every hundred people; in France alone they went through fifty-six editions. Many of the sayings and homilies in Poor Richard have become a permenant part of American folk wisdom. |
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Page 124
... SENSE conducts , And VIRTUE , thro ' this Labyrinth we tread . 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 ...
... SENSE conducts , And VIRTUE , thro ' this Labyrinth we tread . 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 ...
Page 174
... Sense in those Lines , leaving nothing standing but the Rhime . " These , and some others , of the like kind , let the Readers forgive , or rebuke him for , as to their Wis- dom and Goodness shall seem meet : For in such Cases the Loss ...
... Sense in those Lines , leaving nothing standing but the Rhime . " These , and some others , of the like kind , let the Readers forgive , or rebuke him for , as to their Wis- dom and Goodness shall seem meet : For in such Cases the Loss ...
Page 268
... Sense would hazard for a lively Expression ; much less a person of good Breeding , who should make it his chief Aim to be well with all . Like some grave Matron of a noble Line , With awful Beauty does Religion shine . Just Sense should ...
... Sense would hazard for a lively Expression ; much less a person of good Breeding , who should make it his chief Aim to be well with all . Like some grave Matron of a noble Line , With awful Beauty does Religion shine . Just Sense should ...
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