Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. ― Benjamin Franklin
Before Mr. Money Mustache was singing the praises of frugality, before JL Collins was making the case for F-you money, there was an American patriot known for his love of frugality and his deep-seated aversion to authority.
I am talking about none other than Benjamin Franklin, America’s original early retiree.
Ben Franklin: Media Mogul
“Many people die at twenty five and aren’t buried until they are seventy five.” — Benjamin Franklin
Before becoming an American revolutionary and founding father, Benjamin Franklin was busy becoming America’s first media mogul.
His newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette, was the most popular colonial newspaper and his yearly Poor Richard’s Almanack, now immortalized by Franklin’s famous aphorisms, was a massive success, selling around 10,000 copies per year.
[10,000 copies is an impressive number when the population of the colonies was less than 1.5 million. And ol’ Ben managed to do this year after year, from 1732 to 1758.]
Aphorisms from Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack: