Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin

Somewhat to ease your Curiositie, Take these slight Sketches of my Dame and me. Who is Poor Richard People oft enquire, Where lives What is henever yet the nigher.

but there are many more for you to laugh at, ponder over and learn from! Most were not invented by him, but these little gems of wisdom Franklin gleaned from all over the world are what made his Almanack so wildly popular, and himself a wealthy man. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1746, By Richard Saunders, Philom. An ideal sourcebook for writers, public speakers, and students, this practical and entertaining little book will also delight general readers with its rich store of time-honored folk wisdom. 'a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush'. First published in 1732 by Benjamin Franklin when he was just twenty-six, Poor Richards Almanack was issued annually for the next twenty-five years. Benjamin Franklin - Poor Richard's Almanack (1759) 65 Sourced Quotes View all Benjamin Franklin Quotes Up, sluggard, and waste not life in the grave will be sleeping enough. Many of these sayings are familiar to all. Download cover art Download CD case insert Poor Richard's AlmanackĪ brief biographical sketch of Franklin's life, followed by a collection (published in 1899) of 670 aphorisms, apothegms, or proverbs - short, pithy, instructive sayings - that were scattered throughout the pages of his Poor Richard's Almanack over its 25 years of once-a-year publication (1732-1758). How- ever, let us harken to good Advice, and something may be done for us God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says in his Almanac of 1733.

Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin