{"id":206254,"date":"2026-10-30T11:13:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=206254"},"modified":"2026-10-30T11:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:13:46","slug":"a-bit-of-wisdom-from-the-1752-poor-richards-almanac-american-dream-origins-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=206254","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of Wisdom from the 1752 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 1752…<\/p>\n

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1752
\nKings have long Arms, but Misfortune longer: Let none think themselves out of her Reach.
\nFor want of a Nail the Shoe is lost; for want of a Shoe, the Horse is lost; for want of a Horse the Rider is lost.
\nThe busy Man has few idle Visitors; to the boiling Pot the Flies come not.
\n‘Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
\nA Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
\nMeanness is the Parent of Insolence.
\nA Temper to bear much, will have much to bear.
\nGreat Merit is coy, as well as great Pride.
\nAn undutiful Daughter, will prove an unmanageable Wife.
\nOld Boys have their Playthings as well as young Ones; the Difference is only in the Price.
\nThe too obliging Temper is evermore disobliging itself.
\nHold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.
\nThe Brave and the Wise can both pity and excuse; when Cowards and Fools shew no Mercy.
\nCeremony is not Civility; nor Civility Ceremony.
\nIf Man could have Half his Wishes, he would double his Troubles.
\nChildren and Princes will quarrel for Trifles.
\nSuccess has ruin’d many a Man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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