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 viii
... wisdom and common sense . Since running away from Boston and walking the fifty miles from Perth Amboy across New Jersey , he had founded the Junto — it met first in a tavern , then in a hired room the club that was to last for thirty ...
... wisdom and common sense . Since running away from Boston and walking the fifty miles from Perth Amboy across New Jersey , he had founded the Junto — it met first in a tavern , then in a hired room the club that was to last for thirty ...
Page 133
... Wisdom from the Mine ? Wisdom to Gold prefer , for ' tis much less To make our Fortune , than our Happiness . That Happiness which Great Ones often see , With Rage and Wonder , in a low Degree , Themselves unblest . The Poor are only ...
... Wisdom from the Mine ? Wisdom to Gold prefer , for ' tis much less To make our Fortune , than our Happiness . That Happiness which Great Ones often see , With Rage and Wonder , in a low Degree , Themselves unblest . The Poor are only ...
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... Wisdom , and with Zeal pursue ? These found most frequent in Life's middle State , Rich without Gold , and without Titles great : Knowledge of Books and Men exalts their Thought , In Wit accomplish'd tho ' in Wiles untaught , Careless ...
... Wisdom , and with Zeal pursue ? These found most frequent in Life's middle State , Rich without Gold , and without Titles great : Knowledge of Books and Men exalts their Thought , In Wit accomplish'd tho ' in Wiles untaught , Careless ...
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