Aphorisms in benjamin franklin autobiography part 1

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    Benjamin Franklin's Famous Quotes

  • “Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1756

  • “He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739

  • “There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
    -Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London, July 1783. Also cited in a letter to Quincy, Sr., American merchant, planter and politician, September 1783.

  • “He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1733

  • “Better slip with foot than tongue.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1734

  • “Look before, or you’ll find yourself behind.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1735

  • “Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736

  • “He that would live in peace & at ease, Must not speak all he knows or judge all he sees.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736

  • “Well done is better than well said.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1737

  • “A right Heart exceeds all.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739

  • “What you seem to be, be really.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1744

  • “A true Friend is the best Possession.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1744

  • “No gains without pains.”
    - Poor Richard’s Almanack,

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    Entertaining with Aphorisms

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    This document discusses aphorisms and how to analyze them. It provides the definition of an aphorism as a short, concise statement expressing an observation or truth. It instructs the reader to state the meaning of an aphorism in their own words or paraphrase it. It then lists 15 aphorisms from Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack and asks the reader to: 1) Explain the literal meaning, 2) Explain the real-life message or advice, 3) Provide a real world example, and 4) Draw pictures illustrating two of the aphorisms.

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