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Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack (Dover Thrift Editions)
Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack - Dover Thrift Editions
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Hundreds of delightful aphorisms, carefully selected from many issues of Franklin’s popular 18th-century publication: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"; "Love your Neighbor; yet don’t pull down your Hedge"; "He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas" and many more. Ideal sourcebook f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780486408910
ISBN-10: 0486408914
Publication Date: 5/14/1999
Pages: 64
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4.8 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack (Dover Thrift Editions) on + 387 more book reviews
Good book of things in past times that are still true today.
reviewed Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack (Dover Thrift Editions) on
Only a few of these sayings are marked with age ... but all the rest still ring true today. Although a short book, I read it in small doses in order to ponder the truth in each line. If we could only strife to bear these truths into practice, the world would be a better place to live among our fellow mankind.
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While some of the sayings from this book are well know, many of them I read for the first time. However, I was especially pleased to come across my all time favorite: "Three can keep a secret, if two are dead."


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