“Be always ashamed to catch thyself idle.”
Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard’s Almanack (Primary source)
Poor Richard’s Almanack stands as perhaps the most influential periodical in colonial America, embodying Benjamin Franklin’s genius for marrying practical wisdom with commercial success. Published annually from 1732 to 1758, the almanac reached into virtually every American household, selling some 10,000 copies yearly, an extraordinary circulation for its time.
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“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle silence.”
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