The Poor Richard’s Almanack 67. “A traveller should have a hog’s nose, deer’s legs, and an ass’s back.”
Simple claim: This quote means that men are travelers that face challenging circumstances in life. Men must have sense, ability, and strength to carry the weight of any situation in their journey. In the first drawing, the man drawn in the middle represent the traveler. He depicts the common man that daily encounter diversities. The path under him is the road that the traveler is walking. The hog’s nose on the man symbolizes the sense of smell or instinct that men must have to decide wisely which it is the right path in life. The deer’s legs showed the ability that men need to evade danger and the skill to run toward life goals. The ass’s
Simple claim: This quote means that men are travelers that face challenging circumstances in life. Men must have sense, ability, and strength to carry the weight of any situation in their journey. In the first drawing, the man drawn in the middle represent the traveler. He depicts the common man that daily encounter diversities. The path under him is the road that the traveler is walking. The hog’s nose on the man symbolizes the sense of smell or instinct that men must have to decide wisely which it is the right path in life. The deer’s legs showed the ability that men need to evade danger and the skill to run toward life goals. The ass’s