Poor Richard Quotes - Page 13

• A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Wisdom, Horse

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.73, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• He that hath a Trade, hath an Estate.

  Benjamin Franklin

  4th Of July, Estates, Trade

  Benjamin Franklin (1848). “The Way to Wealth”, p.2

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• Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Educational, Keys, Sloth

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.249

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• Pay what you owe and you'll know what's your own.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Pay, Knows

  Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.278, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The used key is always bright.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Keys, Use, Idleness

  Benjamin Franklin (1807). “Maxims and Morals from Dr. Franklin: Being Incitements to Industry, Frugality, and Prudence”, p.23

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• Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Vices, Ugly, May

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.295, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• The Republican nominee-to-be, of course, is also a young man. But his approach is as old as McKinley. His party is the party of the past. His speeches are generalities from Poor Richard's Almanac. Their platform, made up of left-over Democratic planks, has the courage of our old convictions. Their pledge is a pledge to the status quo-and today there can be no status quo.

  John F. Kennedy

  Party, Men, Past

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