“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
Benjamin Franklin (verified)
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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“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“The man who is good at making an excuse, is seldom good at any thing else.”
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“Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“Beauty is the quality which makes to endure.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“No man ever was glorious who was not laborious.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“If a man owns land, the land owns him.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)