Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom,Tradizione proverbiale · raccolta di Benjamin Franklin · Franklin’s Way to Wealth; or, "Poor Richard Improved"
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlways taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom,
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- Benjamin Franklin · Franklin’s Way to Wealth; or, "Poor Richard Improved" · Discorso di Father Abraham · massima tra virgolette n. 47 nella selezione integrale conservata
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