Gnomologia

Price: $28

Item:RB1420

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Where Ben Franklin got his source material (the secret is out!)
Think Franklin was the first to say many of the witticisms we still recall today? Actually, one of his sources was a small gem of a book from 1732 called "Gnomologia," meaning "to know." We've compiled the cream of the crop of these adages and aphorisms in this exclusive book. It's one of the best collections of life's one-liners you can find. "Gnomologia" makes an ideal gift for just about every occasion that comes along.

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Hardcover
Original illustrations
From the book that Benjamin Franklin used when writing his Poor Richard's Almanack
124 pages; 5 x 8
Gift boxed
Not in the bookstores—only from Levenger

No matter the milestone, Gnomologia has a saying both witty and wise to offer. Here are just a few:

"Where the Will is ready, the Feet are light.…Both Folly and Wisdom come upon us with years.…Do nothing hastily, but catching of Fleas.…Good Deeds remain; all things else perish.…He that seeketh Trouble, never misseth of it. …Every slip is not a Fall."

We found this 18th-century treasure trove at the Library Company of Philadelphia, which Ben Franklin founded. Gnomologia reminds us of the collective wisdom that we keep through the ages—those timeless sayings that keep us going through all life's stages.

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