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 107
... World with Interest pays the Debt . The World is full of fools and faint hearts , and yet every one has courage enough to bear the misfortunes , and wisdom enough to man- age the Affairs of his neighbour . Beware , beware ! he'll cheat ...
... World with Interest pays the Debt . The World is full of fools and faint hearts , and yet every one has courage enough to bear the misfortunes , and wisdom enough to man- age the Affairs of his neighbour . Beware , beware ! he'll cheat ...
Page 179
... World's Debt to Deeds of high Degree ; But if you pay yourself , the World is free . Tis hard ( but glorious ) to be poor and honest : An empty Sack can hardly stand upright ; but if it does , ' tis a stout one ! He that can bear a ...
... World's Debt to Deeds of high Degree ; But if you pay yourself , the World is free . Tis hard ( but glorious ) to be poor and honest : An empty Sack can hardly stand upright ; but if it does , ' tis a stout one ! He that can bear a ...
Page 276
... World , to such a Fire , being no more than a Wasp's Nest thrown into an Oven . But our Comfort is , the same great Power that made the Universe , governs it by his Providence . And such terrible Catastrophes will not happen till ' tis ...
... World , to such a Fire , being no more than a Wasp's Nest thrown into an Oven . But our Comfort is , the same great Power that made the Universe , governs it by his Providence . And such terrible Catastrophes will not happen till ' tis ...
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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