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Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn in no other. — Poor Richard's Almanack

"Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn in no other."
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Poor Richard's Almanack
Poor Richard's Almanack
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Poor Richard's Almanack was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It sold exceptionally well for a pamphlet published in the Thirteen Colonies; print runs reached 10,000 per year.