Poor Richard's Almanack

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almanac book series

Poor Richard's Almanack is a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin in colonial America, famous for its witty aphorisms, practical advice, and wide influence on early American culture.

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Label	Occurrences
Poor Richard's Almanack canonical	10
Poor Richard’s Almanack	4
Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack	1
Benjamin Franklin’s almanac “Poor Richard’s Almanack”	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	almanac ⓘ book series ⓘ
author	Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
contains	agricultural advice ⓘ astronomical information ⓘ household tips ⓘ humorous essays ⓘ poems ⓘ puzzles ⓘ weather forecasts ⓘ
countryOfPublication	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
createdBy	Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
finalPublicationYear	1758 ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1732 ⓘ
genre	almanac ⓘ didactic literature ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasFamousSaying	A penny saved is a penny earned ⓘ Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship ⓘ Diligence is the mother of good luck ⓘ Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise ⓘ Fish and visitors stink in three days ⓘ God helps them that help themselves ⓘ Haste makes waste ⓘ He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas ⓘ Industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them ⓘ Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee ⓘ Little strokes fell great oaks ⓘ Lost time is never found again ⓘ Plough deep while sluggards sleep ⓘ There are no gains without pains ⓘ Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead ⓘ Tis hard for an empty sack to stand upright ⓘ Well done is better than well said ⓘ
influenced	American moral philosophy ⓘ American popular culture ⓘ American proverbs tradition ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableFor	influence on early American culture ⓘ moral maxims ⓘ practical advice ⓘ proverbs ⓘ witty aphorisms ⓘ
partOf	American Enlightenment literature ⓘ
placeOfPublication	Philadelphia ⓘ
pseudonymousAuthor	Poor Richard ⓘ Richard Saunders ⓘ
publicationFrequency	annual ⓘ
publisher	Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
timePeriod	colonial America ⓘ

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