“Distrust & caution are the parents of security.”
Poor Richard's Almanack (1733)
Poor Richard's Almanack
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Poor Richard's Almanack
Poor Richard's Almanack was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It sold exceptionally well for a pamphlet published in the American colonies; print runs reached 10,000 per year.Franklin, the American inventor, statesman, and publisher, achieved success with Poor Richard's Almanack. Almanacks were very popular books in colonial America, offering a mixture of seasonal weather forecasts, practical household hints, puzzles, and other amusements. Poor Richard's Almanack was also popular for its extensive use of wordplay, and some of the witty phrases coined in the work survive in the contemporary American vernacular.
Poor Richard's Almanack (1758), “The Way to Wealth”
Poor Richard's Almanack
“Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”
Poor Richard's Almanack (1756); this has also been quoted in a paraphrased form used by Bill Clinton in [ 1998 address to Beijing University http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/122320.stm, as "Our critics are our friends, they show us our faults".
Poor Richard's Almanack
“A penny saved is two pence clear.”
"Hints For Those That Would Be Rich", Poor Richard's Almanack (1737)
Poor Richard's Almanack
"July. VII Month.", Poor Richard's Almanack (1758), Philadelphia: B. Frankin and D. Hall
Poor Richard's Almanack
“If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.”
Poor Richard's Almanack (1736), http://www.rarebookroom.org/Control/frapos/index.html November
Poor Richard's Almanack
“Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.”
Poor Richard's Almanack (1743)
Poor Richard's Almanack
