| Title | : | Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack (Dover Thrift Editions) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.77 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486408914 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1999-05-14 |
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Hundreds of delightful aphorisms, carefully selected from many issues of Franklin's popular 18th-century publication: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"; "Love your Neighbor; yet don't pull down your Hedge"; "He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas" and many more.
Editorial : Courteous Reader: 'It is hardly necessary to state, that Franklin did not originate all the sayings of Poor Richard. He himself tells us, that they were the 'Wisdom of many ages and nations'. Any one, familiar with Bacon, Rochefoucauld, and Rabelais, as well as Others, will recognize old friends in some of these sayings, while a study of the Collection of Proverbs, made in the early part of the eighteenth century, by Ray and Palmer, will reveal the probable source from which Poor Richard pilfer'd. Yet, with but few exceptions, these maxims and aphorisms had been filter'd through Franklin's brain, and were ting'd with that mother wit, which so strongly and individually marks so much that he said and wrote. --Introduction by Paul Leicester Ford
''If you want the brutal truth, I did not expect to get much useful information out of Poor Richard's Almanack. I wondered, what could Benjamin Franklin--a guy who has been, no offense, dead for more than two hundred years--possibly hav
At the cover price of US $34.95, this definitely a useful tool that will allow you to create nearly any kind of campaign with little need for other sources.
Miss: Heavy reliance on d20 Modern rules may not appeal to those without that product.
Hit: A nice departure from a lot of the bland products available these days.
Critical Miss: The broad approach seems to have sacrificed some depth - several sections that could have had more detail are glossed over.
Critical Hit: Superb flexibility, in both general campaign options and specific in-game details.
Content/Value: 8
Originality/Creativity: 9
Adaptability/Flexibility: 10
Breadth/Depth: 8
Quality/Appeal: 8
Overall: 8.6
Paul Stringer (aka "Kithmaker" at Mortality.net). The thesis is fascinating and the prose is briliant -- at times I found myself savoring the language nearly at the expense of the ideas -- conversational and gentle, it is as if Michael is right there with the reader e
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