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For example , he borrowed some beautiful lines from Pope , who in turn had received the leading thought from a satire of Horace . While Franklin was learning wisdom from life , and expressing it through Poor Richard , he was studying French , Italian , and Spanish , and making himself the master of philosophy . `` He who would thrive must rise at five , '' he makes Poor Richard say . He himself rose at five in the morning , and began the day with a bath and a prayer . Intelligence to intelligence ! Such was his life when Poor Richard was evolved . Who was Poor Richard , whose influence came to lead the thought of the time ?