Ben Franklin on ERE

Favorite quotations, etc.
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Hoplite
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Post by Hoplite »

I thought this was a good synopsis of Franklin's financial advice, culled from different sources:
http://artofmanliness.com/2012/02/15/pe ... m=twitter/
I especially liked point 1 about the value of things (in his case a toy whistle).


dragoncar
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Post by dragoncar »

Troll says:
Franklin's ERE advice is to save up enough to buy two slaves. Then retire and live on their productive output.


Felix
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Post by Felix »

Another troll says that this is also Jacob's advice. ;-)


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