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Benjamin Franklin Inspirational Quotes (781)

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It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. Separate she lacks his force of body and strength of reason he her softness, sensibility and acute discernment. Together they are most likely to succeed in the world.
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Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
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I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them.
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Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection.
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Here's to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America, who commanded the sun and the moon to stand still - and they obeyed.
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Joy doesn't exist in the world, it exists in us.
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Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.
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Certainlie these things agree, The Priest, the Lawyer, & Death all three: Death takes both the weak and the strong. The lawyer takes from both right and wrong, And the priest from living and dead has his Fee.
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When women cease to be handsome, they study to be good.
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It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of her rights.
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He that cannot obey, cannot command.
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Men are subject to various inconveniences merely through lack of a small share of courage, which is a quality very necessary in the common occurrences of life, as well as in a battle. How many impertinences do we daily suffer with great uneasiness, because we have not courage enough to discover our dislike.
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He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face. - Ben Franklin
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The pleasures of this world are rather from God's goodness than our own merit.
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Some make Conscience of wearing a Hat in the Church, who make none of robbing the Altar.
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Man is a tool-making animal
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Don't cry over spilled milk
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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
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An old man in a house is a good sign.
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Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and oppressors, and a barrier against them. It produces excellent writers, and encourages men of fine genius.
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One today is worth two tomorrows. Lost time is never found again. Time is money. Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff that life is made of. You may delay, but time will not.
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Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold things All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things.
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If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
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Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to give it your best the next time around, people respect that.
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