commit bd2bf1508d50a33b0238ecd4249d06b3cd3af422 from: jrmu date: Sun Jan 25 01:37:34 2026 UTC Fix character encoding commit - 0663da4b1a29f202f872b87d38aa34b052164ace commit + bd2bf1508d50a33b0238ecd4249d06b3cd3af422 blob - a456cc0652db49e56e15c9ee4fe7dbf0179a58ed blob + 1d9c45a2688e0988cc395d791528d3cd97d3b3c1 --- 1-17-text +++ 1-17-text @@ -1,98 +1,98 @@ -THE WAY TO WEALTH - -(From "Father Abraham's Speech," forming -the preface to Poor _Richard's Almanac_ for 1758.) - -It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People -one-tenth Part of their _Time_, to be employed in its Service. But -_Idleness_ taxes many of us much more, if we reckon all that is spent -in absolute _Sloth_, or doing of nothing, with that which is spent in -idle Employments or Amusements, that amount to nothing. _Sloth_, by -bringing on Diseases, absolutely shortens Life. _Sloth, like Rust, -consumes faster than Labor wears; while the used key is always bright, -as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander -Time, for that's the stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard_ says. How -much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that _The -sleeping Fox catches no Poultry_, and that _There will be sleeping -enough in the Grave_, as _Poor Richard_ says. - -_If Time be of all Things the most precious, wasting Time must be, as -Poor Richard_ says, _the_ _greatest Prodigality_; since, as he -elsewhere tells us, _Lost Time is never found again; and what we call -Time enough, always proves little enough_: Let us then up and be -doing, and doing to the Purpose; so by Diligence shall we do more with -less Perplexity. _Sloth makes all Things difficult, but Industry all -easy_, as _Poor Richard_ says; and _He that riseth late must trot all -Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness -travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him_, as we read in -_Poor Richard_, who adds, _Drive thy Business, let not that drive -thee_; and _Early to Bed, and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, -wealthy, and wise._ - -_Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon Hope will die -fasting._ - -_There are no Gains without Pains._ - -_He that hath a Trade hath an Estate; and he that hath a Calling, hath -an Office of Profit and Honor_; but then the _Trade_ must be worked -at, and the _Calling_ well followed, or neither the _Estate_ nor the -_Office_ will enable us to pay our Taxes. - -What though you have found no Treasure, nor has any rich Relation left -you a Legacy, _Diligence is the Mother of Good-luck_, as _Poor -Richard_ says, _and God gives all Things to Industry_. - -_One To-day is worth two To-morrows_, and farther, _Have you somewhat to do To-morrow, do it To-day_. - -If you were a Servant, would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? Are you then your own Master, _be ashamed to catch yourself idle_. - -Stick to it steadily; and you will see great Effects, for _Constant Dropping wears away Stones_, and by _Diligence and Patience the Mouse ate in two the Cable_; and _Little Strokes fell great Oaks_. - -Methinks I hear some of you say, _Must a Man afford himself no -Leisure_? I will tell thee, my friend, what _Poor Richard_ says, -_Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since -thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour_. Leisure, is -Time for doing something useful; this Leisure the diligent Man will -obtain, but the lazy Man never; so that, as _Poor Richard_ says, _A -Life of Leisure and a Life of Laziness are two things_. - -_Keep thy Shop, and thy Shop will keep thee_; and again, _If you would have your business done, go; if not, send._ - -If you would have a faithful Servant, and one that you like, serve -yourself. - -_A little Neglect may breed great Mischief:_ adding, _for want of a -Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost; and for -want of a Horse the Rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the -Enemy; all for the want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail_. - -So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to one's own Business; but to these we must add _Frugality_. - -_What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children_. You may think -perhaps, that a _little_ Tea, or a _little_ Punch now and then, Diet a -_little_ more costly, Clothes a _little_ finer, and a _little_ -Entertainment now and then, can be no _great_ Matter; but remember -what _Poor Richard_ says, _Many a Little makes a Mickle._ - -_Beware of little expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship_; and -again, _Who Dainties love, shall Beggars prove_; and moreover, _Fools -make Feasts, and wise Men eat them._ - -Buy what thou hast no Need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy -Necessaries. - -If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. - -The second Vice is Lying, the first is running in Debt. - -_Lying rides upon Debt's Back_. - -Poverty often deprives a Man of all Spirit and Virtue: '_Tis hard for an empty Bag to stand upright_. - -And now to conclude, _Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will -learn in no other, and scarce in that_; for it is true, _we may give -Advice, but we cannot give Conduct_, as _Poor Richard_ says: However, -remember this, _They that won't be counseled, can't be helped_, as -_Poor Richard_ says: and farther, That _if you will not hear Reason, -she'll surely rap your Knuckles_. +THE WAY TO WEALTH + +(From "Father Abraham's Speech," forming +the preface to Poor _Richard's Almanac_ for 1758.) + +It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People +one-tenth Part of their _Time_, to be employed in its Service. But +_Idleness_ taxes many of us much more, if we reckon all that is spent +in absolute _Sloth_, or doing of nothing, with that which is spent in +idle Employments or Amusements, that amount to nothing. _Sloth_, by +bringing on Diseases, absolutely shortens Life. _Sloth, like Rust, +consumes faster than Labor wears; while the used key is always bright, +as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander +Time, for that's the stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard_ says. How +much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that _The +sleeping Fox catches no Poultry_, and that _There will be sleeping +enough in the Grave_, as _Poor Richard_ says. + +_If Time be of all Things the most precious, wasting Time must be, as +Poor Richard_ says, _the_ _greatest Prodigality_; since, as he +elsewhere tells us, _Lost Time is never found again; and what we call +Time enough, always proves little enough_: Let us then up and be +doing, and doing to the Purpose; so by Diligence shall we do more with +less Perplexity. _Sloth makes all Things difficult, but Industry all +easy_, as _Poor Richard_ says; and _He that riseth late must trot all +Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness +travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him_, as we read in +_Poor Richard_, who adds, _Drive thy Business, let not that drive +thee_; and _Early to Bed, and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, +wealthy, and wise._ + +_Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon Hope will die +fasting._ + +_There are no Gains without Pains._ + +_He that hath a Trade hath an Estate; and he that hath a Calling, hath +an Office of Profit and Honor_; but then the _Trade_ must be worked +at, and the _Calling_ well followed, or neither the _Estate_ nor the +_Office_ will enable us to pay our Taxes. + +What though you have found no Treasure, nor has any rich Relation left +you a Legacy, _Diligence is the Mother of Good-luck_, as _Poor +Richard_ says, _and God gives all Things to Industry_. + +_One To-day is worth two To-morrows_, and farther, _Have you somewhat to do To-morrow, do it To-day_. + +If you were a Servant, would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? Are you then your own Master, _be ashamed to catch yourself idle_. + +Stick to it steadily; and you will see great Effects, for _Constant Dropping wears away Stones_, and by _Diligence and Patience the Mouse ate in two the Cable_; and _Little Strokes fell great Oaks_. + +Methinks I hear some of you say, _Must a Man afford himself no +Leisure_? I will tell thee, my friend, what _Poor Richard_ says, +_Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since +thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour_. Leisure, is +Time for doing something useful; this Leisure the diligent Man will +obtain, but the lazy Man never; so that, as _Poor Richard_ says, _A +Life of Leisure and a Life of Laziness are two things_. + +_Keep thy Shop, and thy Shop will keep thee_; and again, _If you would have your business done, go; if not, send._ + +If you would have a faithful Servant, and one that you like, serve +yourself. + +_A little Neglect may breed great Mischief:_ adding, _for want of a +Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost; and for +want of a Horse the Rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the +Enemy; all for the want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail_. + +So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to one's own Business; but to these we must add _Frugality_. + +_What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children_. You may think +perhaps, that a _little_ Tea, or a _little_ Punch now and then, Diet a +_little_ more costly, Clothes a _little_ finer, and a _little_ +Entertainment now and then, can be no _great_ Matter; but remember +what _Poor Richard_ says, _Many a Little makes a Mickle._ + +_Beware of little expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship_; and +again, _Who Dainties love, shall Beggars prove_; and moreover, _Fools +make Feasts, and wise Men eat them._ + +Buy what thou hast no Need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy +Necessaries. + +If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. + +The second Vice is Lying, the first is running in Debt. + +_Lying rides upon Debt's Back_. + +Poverty often deprives a Man of all Spirit and Virtue: '_Tis hard for an empty Bag to stand upright_. + +And now to conclude, _Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will +learn in no other, and scarce in that_; for it is true, _we may give +Advice, but we cannot give Conduct_, as _Poor Richard_ says: However, +remember this, _They that won't be counseled, can't be helped_, as +_Poor Richard_ says: and farther, That _if you will not hear Reason, +she'll surely rap your Knuckles_.