Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made: “What’s a Sun-Dial in the Shade?” — Benjamin Franklin
Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made: “What’s a Sun-Dial in the Shade?”
1750
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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.
Original citation
Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1750.