wisdom effectively recycled

[Jonathan Lighter]

When I searched GB, nothing appeared.  Typical.

JL

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Garson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > A paraphrase of many similar statements.  Only three RGs, nothing in GB:
> >
> > 2009
> >
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/06/us-jobless-rate-hits-10-percent
> > (Nov. 6):
> > As the wise man once said, there are two ways to get rich: earn more or
> want
> > less.
>
> As Walt Whitman did not say: Google Books archive is large. It
> contains multitudes. The saying about wealth has been assigned to
> Benjamin Franklin by at least one individual in the Google Books
> archive.
>
> Cite: Circa 2010 (Reprint of a book with a 1963 copyright), Legends
> and Lore of Southern Illinois by John W. Allen, Page 391, Southern
> Illinois Press. (Google Books preview; Page blocked; Not verified; May
> be inaccurate)
>
> Anyway, by strict observance of the latter half of Benjamin Franklin's
> admonition, "Earn more or want less," a reasonably comfortable life
> has been lived.
>
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> http://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&tbo=p&q=%22latter+half+of+Benjamin%22&num=10
>
> The quote appears to be in the epilogue, and it may have been added
> any time between 1963 and 2010.
>
> Yahoo Answer voters chose the saying as part of a "Best Answer" to a
> vague question four years ago.
>
> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060618060245AAdQCn2
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