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Quotes from Poor Richard — Benjamin Franklin

1706–1790 United States

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11 quotes

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

Poor Richard (1751)

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Poor Richard (1734)

If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.

Poor Richard (1752)

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

Poor Richard (1755)

'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.

Poor Richard (1752)

A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

Poor Richard (1758)

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Poor Richard (1735)

An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.

Poor Richard (1752)

Handle your tools without mittens.

Poor Richard (1758)

Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

Poor Richard (1758)

Great Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.

Poor Richard (1751)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Benjamin Franklin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.