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Poor Richard's Almanack (1759)
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Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.
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Hide not your talents, they for use were made,
What's a sun-dial in the shade?
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Mankind are very odd creatures: one half censure what they practice, the other half practice what they censure; the rest always say and do as they ought.
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'Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
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They who have nothing to trouble them,
will be troubled at nothing.
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The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.
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If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
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To be intimate with a foolish friend is like going to bed to a razor.
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The noblest question in the world is What Good may I do in it?
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God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
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Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
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Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.
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A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
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'Tis great Confidence in a Friend to tell him your Faults, greater to tell him his.
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Here comes the orator! with his flood of words, and his drop of reason.
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How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
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Dost thou love Life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
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Strive to be the greatest man in your country, and you may be disappointed. Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.
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What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of things.
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None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault or acknowledge himself in error.
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If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.
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There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.
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Who knows a fool must know his brother;
For one will recommend another.
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The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.
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A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
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When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.
Edith Wharton
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Born:
January 17, 1706
Died:
April 17, 1790
(aged 84)
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