Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims
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ISBN10: 1163317691
ISBN13: 9781163317693
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 194
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781163317693
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 194
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims is a book that combines two influential works by Benjamin Franklin and William Penn. The first part of the book, Franklin's Way to Wealth, is a collection of aphorisms and advice on achieving financial success. Originally published as a preface to Franklin's almanac, Poor Richard's Almanack, the work offers practical tips on saving, investing, and earning money. It also includes insights on the importance of hard work, frugality, and self-discipline.The second part of the book, Penn's Maxims, is a collection of moral and ethical principles written by William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. Penn's Maxims covers a wide range of topics, including personal behavior, relationships, and civic responsibility. The work emphasizes the importance of honesty, integrity, and compassion, and encourages readers to live a virtuous life.Together, Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims offer a valuable guide to personal and financial success, as well as a blueprint for living a fulfilling and meaningful life. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the wisdom and insights of two of America's most influential thinkers.1837. This volume contains two essays. The first, �������The Way to Wealth,������� written by Benjamin Franklin, was much and justly admired. It presents advice to a young tradesman from an old one. The second, �������Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life,������� by William Penn, is a manual presented to the reader with the fruit of solitude, a school few to care to learn in, though none instruct us better. Some parts of it are the result of serious reflection; others, the flashings of lucid intervals; written for private satisfaction and published for a help to human conduct.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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