He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes music.
Nine Epigrams from Poor Richard
Set by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "Nine Epigrams from Poor Richard", 1986 [ voice and tape ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Authorship
- by Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), appears in Poor Richard's Almanac [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Truth is bitter but a lie is savoury at times.
Authorship
- by Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), appears in Poor Richard's Almanac [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Who lies down with dogs rises up with fleas.
Authorship
- by Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), appears in Poor Richard's Almanac [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Three can keep a secret if two are dead.
Authorship
- by Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), appears in Poor Richard's Almanac [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Wedlock, as old Men note, hath likened been,
Unto a publick Crowd or common Rout;
Where those that are without would fain get in,
And those that are within would fain get out.
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Sally laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.
Authorship
- by Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), appears in Poor Richard's Almanac [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Here comes Glib-Tongue who can outflatter a dedication and lie like ten epitaphs.
Authorship
- by Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), appears in Poor Richard's Almanac [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
People wrapped up in themselves make small packages.
Authorship
- by Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), appears in Poor Richard's Almanac [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Happy the nation, fortunate the age, whose history is not diverting.
Authorship
- by Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), appears in Poor Richard's Almanac [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]