{"id":206073,"date":"2026-10-22T03:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=206073"},"modified":"2026-10-22T03:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:01:01","slug":"a-bit-of-wisdom-from-the-1751-poor-richards-almanac-american-dream-origins-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=206073","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of Wisdom from the 1751 Poor Richard\u2019s Almanac (American Dream Origins Series)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia, PA…Our Favorite Founding Father is Ben Franklin. He didn’t just help found our country during the 1776 era.\u00a0 \u00a0For two generations before he helped sell concepts of Freedom, Self-Determination & Inalienable rights. From 1733 to 1758 Poor Richard’s Almanac helped create the unique American identity in a homey, common sense, aspirational way. A few Bits of Wisdom from 1751…<\/p>\n

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1751
\nPray don’t burn my House to roast your Eggs.
\nMany a Man would have been worse, if his Estate had been better.
\nWe may give Advice, but we cannot give Conduct.
\nHe that is concious of a Stink in his Breeches, is jealous of every Wrinkle in another’s nose.
\nMost People return small Favors, acknowledge middling ones, and repay great ones with Ingratitude.
\n‘Tis easier to suppress the first Desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
\nIf your Riches are yours, why don’t you take them with you to t’other World?
\nWhat more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.
\nIf worldly Goods cannot save me from Death, they ought not to hinder me of eternal Life.
\nToday is Yesterday’s Pupil.
\n‘Tis great Confidence in a Friend to tell him your Faults, greater to tell him his.
\nAmbition often spends foolishly what Avarice had wickedly collected.
\nGreat Estates may venture more; Little Boats must keep near Shore.
\nNice Eaters seldom meet with a good Dinner.
\nNot to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open.
\nThe Wise and Brave dares own that he was wrong.
\nCunning proceeds from Want of Capacity.
\nThe Proud hate Pride \u2013 in others.
\nWho judges best of a Man, his Enemies or himself?
\nDrunkenness, that worst of Evils, makes some men Fools, some Beasts, some Devils.
\n‘Tis not a Holiday that’s not kept holy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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