Poor Richard Quotes

• How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Courage, Faults, Enough

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.23, Nayika Publishing

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• Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Funny, Hilarious, 4th Of July

  Poor Richard's Almanac for 1735 and 1741.

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• Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Learning, Ignorance

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.39, Courier Corporation

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• By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Patience, Two, Diligence

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.26, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• Quarrels never could last long, if on one side only lay the wrong.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Long, Justice, Lasts

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.91, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Death, Money, Business

  Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 13 Nov. 1789

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• There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Witty, Men, Brain

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.17, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Education, Horse, Ignorance

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.30, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• The things which hurt, instruct.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Hurt, Hard Work, Wrestling

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.120, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• Industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth . . . thereby [secures] virtue, it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly. . . .

  Benjamin Franklin

  Life, Mean, Men

  Benjamin Franklin (2006). “The Portable Benjamin Franklin”, p.93, Penguin

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• A little neglect may breed great mischief.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Teacher, May, Littles

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.288, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Justice

  Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.282, Oxford University Press, USA

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• A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Life, Long, Fortune Cookie

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.90, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Marriage, Mom, Daughter

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.40, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• 'Tis true there is much to be done, . . . but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects, for constant dropping wears away stones . . . and little strokes fell great oaks, as Poor Richard says. . . .

  Benjamin Franklin

  Life, Done, Stones

  Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson (2003). “A Benjamin Franklin Reader”, p.177, Simon and Schuster

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• Who is wise?
  He that learns from everyone.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Wisdom, Contentment

  Benjamin Franklin (1976). “Poor Richard: An Almanack”, David McKay Company

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• Now I've a sheep and a cow, every body bids me good morrow.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sheep, Body, Cows

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.39, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• Half-wits talk much, but say little.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Half, Littles, Wit

  Benjamin Franklin (2006). “Wisdom and Wit from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.22, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Observe all men, thyself most.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, Self Observation, Self Discovery

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.56, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivational, Leadership, Teamwork

  Benjamin Franklin (2010). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Penn Reading Project Edition”, p.11, University of Pennsylvania Press

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• Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; 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.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Night, Sloth, Laziness

  Benjamin Franklin (1839). “Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin”, p.6

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• A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivation, Sleep, Two

  Benjamin Franklin (1839). “The Life and Miscellaneous Writings of Benjamin Franklin”, p.49

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• Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Forgiveness, Government, Law

  Poor Richard's Almanack, May 1756

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• When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Gratitude, Befriending, Remember

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.27, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Friendship, Fake Friends

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.15, Courier Corporation

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