The Way To Wealth
Written by Benjamin Franklin
Narrated by Harry Ponting
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About this audiobook
The Way to Wealth is a treasury of the wisdom and values that can lead you to financial security. Franklin refines his maxims and homilies in order to make them more subtle and sophisticated. As a successful author, inventor, scientist, statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of America, he exemplifies the emerging American nation. This book will teach you how to start a business, make money and save for the future.
Some phrases quoted in The Way to Wealth include: "There are no gains, without pains”, "One today is worth two tomorrows”, "A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things”, "Get what you can and what you get hold”, "Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright”, "Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today”, "The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands”, "Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise"
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an American writer, printer, politician, postmaster, scientist, and diplomat. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Franklin found success at a young age as editor and printer of the Pennsylvania Gazette, a prominent Philadelphia newspaper. From 1732 to 1758, Franklin published Poor Richard’s Almanack, a popular yearly pamphlet that earned Franklin much of his wealth. An influential Philadelphian, Franklin founded the Academy and College of Philadelphia, which would become the University of Pennsylvania, in 1751. In addition, Franklin founded the Library Company of Philadelphia, as well as the city’s first fire department. As revolutionary sentiment was on the rise in the thirteen colonies, Franklin traveled to London to advocate on behalf of Americans unhappy with British rule, earning a reputation as a skilled diplomat and shrewd negotiator. During the American Revolution, his relationships with French officials would prove essential for the war effort, the success of which depended upon munitions shipments from France. Over the next few decades, he would serve as the first postmaster general of the United States and as governor of Pennsylvania while maintaining his diplomatic duties. A dedicated and innovative scientist, Franklin is credited with important discoveries regarding the nature of electricity, as well as with inventing the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove. A slaveowner for many years, Franklin eventually became an abolitionist. Although he failed to raise the issue during the 1787 Constitutional Convention, he led the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society and wrote essays on the subject of slavery, which he deemed “an atrocious debasement of human nature.”
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ben Franklin still the greatest of our Founding Father’s. Every word it Poor Paul is relevant today!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Perfect! Short! Precise and informative! Absolutely amazing really! It was worth the time
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Honestly one of the best books I've ever read in my life!