Poor Richard's Almanack

Cultural  

1. A collection of periodicals (each one was called Poor Richard or Poor Richard Improved) by Benjamin Franklin, issued from 1732 to 1757. They contain humor, information, and proverbial wisdom, such as “Early to bed and early to rise / Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

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Example Sentences

Over the years, lines from "Poor Richard's Almanack," which was an annual publication edited by Franklin until 1757, have been mentioned everywhere, from T-shirts to TV shows.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2022

Broder made her name with the Twitter handle @sosadtoday, dispensing soul-deflating aphorisms to a million-plus followers, a modern depressive’s Poor Richard’s Almanack.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2021

Working for wages at first, Franklin later used his own press to publish the Pennsylvania Gazette, one of the colony’s first newspapers, and his famous pamphlet series, Poor Richard’s Almanack.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

The 1753 edition of Poor Richard’s Almanack, published by Ben Franklin, offered almost exactly the same diagram.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2017

In 1732 I first publish'd my Almanack, under the name of Richard Saunders; it was continu'd by me about twenty-five years, commonly call'd Poor Richard's Almanack.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.