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... Poor Richard says ; and He that riseth late , must trot all Day , and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night . While Laziness travels so slowly , that Poverty soon overtakes him , as we read in Poor Richard ; who adds Drive thy ...
... Poor Richard says ; and He that riseth late , must trot all Day , and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night . While Laziness travels so slowly , that Poverty soon overtakes him , as we read in Poor Richard ; who adds Drive thy ...
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... Poor Dick says , Women and Wine , Game and Deceit , Make the Wealth small , and the Wants great . And farther , What maintains one Vice , would bring up two Children . You may think perhaps , that a little Tea , or a little Punch now ...
... Poor Dick says , Women and Wine , Game and Deceit , Make the Wealth small , and the Wants great . And farther , What maintains one Vice , would bring up two Children . You may think perhaps , that a little Tea , or a little Punch now ...
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George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain. will make poor - pitiful - sneaking Excuses , and by Degrees come to lose your Veracity , and sink into base downright Lying ; for , as Poor Richard says , The second Vice is Lying , the first is running ...
George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain. will make poor - pitiful - sneaking Excuses , and by Degrees come to lose your Veracity , and sink into base downright Lying ; for , as Poor Richard says , The second Vice is Lying , the first is running ...
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