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Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on, till it

Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on, till it becomes a hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow, destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He that murders a crown, destroys all that it might have produced, even scores of pounds.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, Might, Six
Benjamin Franklin (1855). “The select works of Benjamin Franklin”, p.360

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, War, Battle
Benjamin Franklin, E. Sargent (1855). “The select works of Benjamin Franklin”, p.459

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, Use, Advantage
Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber (1838). “The Life and Essays of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Carefully Collected from His Own Papers, Containing All His Miscellaneous Pieces”, p.182

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, Liberty, Poverty
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.24, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at the billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, Morning, Men
Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber (1823). “The Life of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself: Together with a Number of His Humorous, Moral, and Literary Essays, Chiefly in the Manner of The Spectator”, p.177

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, Greatest Wealth, Riches
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

Benjamin Franklin
Hope, Money, 4th Of July
'Poor Richard's Almanac' (1758) preface

A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, Men, Noses
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.239

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, Aging, Rich
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.246, Barnes & Noble Publishing

Money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, Offspring, Begets
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.244

Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature.

Benjamin Franklin
Nature, Money, Remember
"The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism". Book by Max Weber, 1905.

We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as in the Colonies there is not a single unemployed man, no poor and no vagabonds.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, Men, House

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