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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... fair ' tis true ; and witty too , I know it ; And well - bred , Sally , for thy Manners show it ; But whilst thou makʼst Self - Praise thy only Care , Thou'rt neither witty , nor well bred , nor fair . Be slow in chusing a Friend ...
... fair ' tis true ; and witty too , I know it ; And well - bred , Sally , for thy Manners show it ; But whilst thou makʼst Self - Praise thy only Care , Thou'rt neither witty , nor well bred , nor fair . Be slow in chusing a Friend ...
Page 172
... fair , And Servants very seldom prove sincere . PRECEPT II . What can be done , with Care perform to Day , Dangers unthought - of will attend Delay ; Your distant Prospects all precarious are , And Fortune is as fickle as she's fair ...
... fair , And Servants very seldom prove sincere . PRECEPT II . What can be done , with Care perform to Day , Dangers unthought - of will attend Delay ; Your distant Prospects all precarious are , And Fortune is as fickle as she's fair ...
Page 242
... fair Promise of delicious Feasts . Necessity has no Law ; Why ? Because ' tis not to be had without Money . [ Cont'd July There was never a good Knife made of bad Steel . The Wolf sheds his Coat once a Year , his Disposition never ...
... fair Promise of delicious Feasts . Necessity has no Law ; Why ? Because ' tis not to be had without Money . [ Cont'd July There was never a good Knife made of bad Steel . The Wolf sheds his Coat once a Year , his Disposition never ...
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