Franklin's preface to Poor Richard Improved, The Way To Wealth
In Benjamin Franklin's preface to Poor Richard Improved, "The Way to Wealth", Franklin offers many adages to help the reader conserve money. Many of these sayings are common even today. The title of this preface makes since because the title, "The Way to Wealth", can be interpreted as The Road to Wealth. If the reader does as these adages tell them, he or she should be on their way to wealth. Franklin offers advice to just about anybody. Franklin believed that wealth was important because it led to both frugality and industry. Frugality and industry were listed as his fifth and sixth virtues. Franklin tells us that in order to be industrious, we must always be employed in something useful. His proverb, "Employ thy Time well if though meane
st to gain Leisure", lets the reader know that time shouldn't be wasted on doing things that won't better yourself or others. Franklin believed that a person that listens to the sayings would avoid being poor. He wrote that poverty robs a person of their spirit and virtue. His proverb, "'Tis hard for an empty bag to stand upright", lets us know that it is hard to function with no spirit or virtues. I would suggest reading this preface to anyone "Early to Bed, and Early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy, and wise", is another I can relate to. This maxim is directed to all slothful people. My constant tardiness proves my laziness and my need to abide by this one. Another similar adage is, "Plough deep, While Sluggards sleep, and you should have C
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