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1.) Temperance. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

2.) Silence. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

3.) Order. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

4.) Resolution. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

5.) Frugality. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.

6.) Industry. Lose no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.

7.) Sincerity. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

8.) Justice. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.

9.) Moderation. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.

10.) Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation.

11.) Tranquillity. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

12.) Chastity. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.

13.) Humility. Imitate Jesus and Socrates.




Here's how Franklin chose these 13 virtues:

"I propos’d to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annex’d to each, than a few names with more ideas; and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurr’d to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which fully express’d the extent I gave to its meaning."

At the end of the day, Franklin would mark if he exhibited the virtue. At the end of the week, he could easily review how he performed by viewing how many marks he had for a particular virtue.

We love this template because it combines the notion of choosing important values that you want to emulate, but they forces you to put these values into practice. Finally, the format is easy to digest at the end of the week.

Seems right.

Bumped for the English and early morning miscers

sure

good stuff