I stopped my horse, lately, where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants’ goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times; and one of the company called to a plain, clean, old man, with white locks, ’Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? Will not those heavy taxes quite ruin the country! How shall we be ever able to pay them? What would you advise us to?’——Father Abraham stood up, and replied, ’If you would have my advice, I will give it you in short; "for a word to the wise is enough," as Poor Richard says.’ They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and, gathering round him (...) - Taken from "The Way To Wealth" written by Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym of Richard Saunders. "The Way To Wealth" is also known as "Franklin's Way To Wealth Or, Poor Richard Improved". This edition also contains various selected writings of Benjamin Franklin.
The Way To Wealth And Selected Writings Of Benjamin Franklin
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Author: Franklin, Benjamin
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781794211384
Details:
Author: Franklin, Benjamin
Brand: Independently Published
Binding: Paperback
Format: Illustrated
Number Of Pages: 79
Release Date: 16-01-2019
Package Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9781794211384
