"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
— Benjamin Franklin
Either Write Something Worth Reading Or
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
About this quote
The original full version of this saying appeared in Poor Richard's Almanack for 1738: "If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing." The shorter modern form is a condensed paraphrase. Franklin wrote the almanack under the pen name "Richard Saunders" and used it as a vehicle for practical wisdom, humor, and moral guidance for colonial readers.
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack (attributed)
