“Eat few suppers, and you’ll need few medicines.”
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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“Experience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“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 Primary source“Remember that Time is Money.”
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“Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
— Winston Churchill Disputed“You’ll be happier if you reduce your expectations than if you try and satisfy them.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly, need not be rich.”
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