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Allyson Morgan English 251 Mrs. Vance 28 November 2016 Poor Richard’s Almanac â€Å"Wise men learn by other’s harms; fools by their own† (Franklin). Benjamin Franklin insists that wise people learn from others and their mistakes while fools learn from their personal understandings. The purpose of Poor Richard’s Almanac was to teach people things from another person’s experiences. Poor Richard’s Almanac was written by Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym of Richard Saunders. It was written as a yearly published almanac in 1732 and was finally completed in 1758. I chose this piece of literature because I find it very interesting and there is a lot of real-life scenarios to learn from it. It is still relevant today because Benjamin Franklin was one of the most notorious men of the American Revolution. The literature found in Poor Richard’s Almanac is still useful in modern day situations. It is still studied in schools today because of the impact that it had on people’s lives. 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