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 173
... perhaps fewer , may succeed hereafter , and be as well known to Posterity by their Works , as the Antients are to us . We Philomaths , as ambitious of Fame as any other Writers what- ever , after all our painful Watchings and laborious ...
... perhaps fewer , may succeed hereafter , and be as well known to Posterity by their Works , as the Antients are to us . We Philomaths , as ambitious of Fame as any other Writers what- ever , after all our painful Watchings and laborious ...
Page 282
... perhaps they may for less than they cost ; but if you have no Occasion for them , they must be dear to you . Remember what Poor Richard says , Buy what thou hast no Need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries . And again , At ...
... perhaps they may for less than they cost ; but if you have no Occasion for them , they must be dear to you . Remember what Poor Richard says , Buy what thou hast no Need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries . And again , At ...
Page 284
... perhaps , think little of Payment ; but Credi- tors , Poor Richard tells us , have better Memories than Debtors ; and in another Place says , Creditors are a superstitious Sect , great Observers of set Days and Times . The Day comes ...
... perhaps , think little of Payment ; but Credi- tors , Poor Richard tells us , have better Memories than Debtors ; and in another Place says , Creditors are a superstitious Sect , great Observers of set Days and Times . The Day comes ...
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