“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
The Way to Wealth (Primary source)
The Way to Wealth stands as perhaps the most enduring distillation of the American entrepreneurial spirit, crystallizing Benjamin Franklin’s philosophy into maxims that have echoed through American consciousness for over two centuries. Published in 1758 as the preface to Poor Richard’s Almanack, this brief essay emerged from Franklin’s genius for transforming Enlightenment rationality into practical wisdom for a commercial age.
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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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“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“He that never eats too much, will never be lazy.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Fools multiply folly.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“For of those to whom much is given, much is required.”
— John F. Kennedy Primary sourceTax Pride Folly Idleness Frugality