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 58
... 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 A frugal Thought . In an Acre of ...
... 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 A frugal Thought . In an Acre of ...
Page 124
... 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 great merit in its ...
... 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 great merit in its ...
Page 196
... Virtue lies , God suffers This ; but tempts not ; tho ' He tries . Go wrong , go right , ' tis your own Action still ; He leaves you to your Choice , of Good , or Ill . Then chuse the Good ! the Ill submisly bear ! The Man of Virtue is ...
... Virtue lies , God suffers This ; but tempts not ; tho ' He tries . Go wrong , go right , ' tis your own Action still ; He leaves you to your Choice , of Good , or Ill . Then chuse the Good ! the Ill submisly bear ! The Man of Virtue is ...
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