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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... things , sharp things , sweet things , cold things All rot the teeth , and make them look like old things . Blame - all and Praise - all are two blockheads . Be temperate in wine , in eating , girls , & sloth ; Or the Gout will seize ...
... things , sharp things , sweet things , cold things All rot the teeth , and make them look like old things . Blame - all and Praise - all are two blockheads . Be temperate in wine , in eating , girls , & sloth ; Or the Gout will seize ...
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... things , Luxury many things , Avarice all things . A Lie stands on I leg , Truth on 2 . What's given shines , What's receiv'd is rusty . Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues . AUGUST Sam had the worst Wife that a Man could have ...
... things , Luxury many things , Avarice all things . A Lie stands on I leg , Truth on 2 . What's given shines , What's receiv'd is rusty . Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues . AUGUST Sam had the worst Wife that a Man could have ...
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... things are men most liable to be cheated in , a Horse , a Wig , and a Wife . He that lives well , is learned enough ... things , many things will seem but a few . Mary's mouth costs her nothing , for she never opens it but at others ...
... things are men most liable to be cheated in , a Horse , a Wig , and a Wife . He that lives well , is learned enough ... things , many things will seem but a few . Mary's mouth costs her nothing , for she never opens it but at others ...
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Anno APRIL Astrologers astronomical Benjamin Franklin Body bright chearful Comet Cont'd Dec Cont'd June Cont'd Nov Cont'd Oct Cont'd Sept Courteous READER Cyder dear Death Digits eclipsed divine drink e'er Earth Eclipses Edmund Waller Edward Young Fame Fire Folly Fools form'd Franklin Friend give Hand happy hath Heart Heav'n honest Honour Hours JANUARY Julius Cæsar JULY keep Kind READER King Labour live Love Man's MARCH Mind Money Month Moon Nature ne'er Neighbours never Night Norman Rockwell Number o'er OCTOBER OLIVER CROMWELL Pain Planets Pleasure Poor Richard says Poor Richard's Almanack Pow'r Praise Pride Publick Reason rich rise round Saturn SAUNDERS Sense SEPTEMBER shine Soul Stars sweet thee there's Things thou thro Tongue Truth twill Van Wyck Brooks Virtue Want Wealth Wife Wisdom wise World