Keep your eye wide open before Marriage, half shut afterwards.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Marriage

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Advice

Language

English

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. Poor Richard's Almanack. 1738.

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