Poor Richard Quotes - Page 6

• Taxes are indeed very heavy -
  We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness.
  Three times as much by our Pride.
  And four times as much by our Folly.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Pride, Three, Taxation

  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.248

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• If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world?

  Benjamin Franklin

  Other Worlds, Riches, Ifs

  Benjamin Franklin, Edmund Sears Morgan (2007). “Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin”, p.256, Yale University Press

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• A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Money, Men, Noses

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.239

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• Eat few suppers, and you'll need few medicines.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Medicine, Needs

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

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• Trusting too much to others care is the ruin of many.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Trust, Care, Too Much

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.250, Printed for H. Colborn

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• A fine genius in his own country is like gold in the mine.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Education, Country, Gold

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.27, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, Giving, Office

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.234, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Knowledge, Light, Proud

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.263, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivational, Littles, Enough

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.237

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• Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Vices, Ugly, Virtue

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.133, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• The rotten apple spoils his companion.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Apples, Rotten, Standards

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.58, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Horse, Men, Light

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.24, Nayika Publishing

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• So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Business, Successful, Men

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin, William Duane (1834). “Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin”, p.478

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• I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspiring, Giving, Pleasure

  Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks (1856). “The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author”, p.93

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• A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Weed, Knowledge, Science

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.22, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Funny, Doctors, Stupidity

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.12, Courier Corporation

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• At the working man’s house, hunger looks in but dares not enter.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Food, Men, House

  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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• Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Long, Needs, Debt

  James C. Humes, Benjamin Franklin (1995). “The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: a treasury of more than 900 quotations and anecdotes”, Harpercollins

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• To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  1733 Poor Richard's Almanack, Jun.

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• The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Educational, Eye, Hands

  Benjamin Franklin (1855). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; to which is Added His Miscellaneous Essays”, p.332

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• Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Time, Liberty, Leisure

  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.250

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• He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Money, Debt By Founding Fathers, Awe Inspiring

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.252, Printed for H. Colborn

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• Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Life, Happiness, Strong

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.42, Nayika Publishing

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• Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Success, Work, Sleep

  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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• The way to be safe is never to be secure.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Change, Safety, Doubt

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.272, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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