 So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business, but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, "keep his nose all his life to the grindstone,...  Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth - Page 7by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
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