{"id":194247,"date":"2025-08-03T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T17:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=194247"},"modified":"2025-08-03T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T17:24:16","slug":"a-bit-of-wisdom-from-the-1733-poor-richards-almanac-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=194247","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of Wisdom from the 1733 Poor Richard&#8217;s Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia, PA&#8230;Our Favorite Founding Father is Ben Franklin. He didn&#8217;t just help found our country during the 1776 era.\u00a0 \u00a0For two generations before he helped sell concepts of Freedom, Self-Determination &amp; Inalienable rights. From 1733 to 1758 Poor Richards Almanac helped create the unique American identity in a homey, common sense, aspirational way. A few Bits of Wisdom from 1733&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BenFranklinDuplessis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44628\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BenFranklinDuplessis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BenFranklinDuplessis.jpg 330w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BenFranklinDuplessis-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BenFranklinDuplessis-150x185.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/250px-Poor_Richard_Almanack_1739.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163956\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/250px-Poor_Richard_Almanack_1739.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/250px-Poor_Richard_Almanack_1739.jpg 250w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/250px-Poor_Richard_Almanack_1739-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1733<br \/>\nLight purse, heavy heart.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s a Fool that makes his Doctor his Heir.<br \/>\nHunger never saw bad bread.<br \/>\nGreat Talkers, little Doers.<br \/>\nFools make feasts and wise men eat &#8217;em.<br \/>\nThe poor have little, beggars none, the rich too much, enough not one.<br \/>\nEat to live, and not live to eat.<br \/>\nThe proof of gold is fire, the proof of woman, gold; the proof of man, a woman.<br \/>\nHe that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas.<br \/>\nDistrust &amp; caution are the parents of security.<br \/>\nHe is ill cloth&#8217;d, who is bare of Virtue.<br \/>\nNothing more like a Fool, than a drunken Man.<br \/>\nInnocence is its own Defence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia, PA&#8230;Our Favorite Founding Father is Ben Franklin. 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