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He that won't be counseled can't be helped.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Graft good Fruit all, or graft not at all.
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I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men.
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Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug.
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Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
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Nothing in the world is certain except for death and taxes.
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Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind.
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Love, Cough, & a Smoke, can't well be hid.
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Mary's mouth cost her nothing for she never opens it but at others' expense.
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The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked, than the supine, secure, and negligent.
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Those who are content have enough those that complain, have too much.
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The church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.
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If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
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The English love an insult. It's their only test of a man's sincerity.
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Would thou confound thy enemy, be good thyself.
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In other men we faults can spy,/ And blame the mote that dims their eye/ Each little speck and blemish find/ To our own stronger errors blind.
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There is nothing so absurd as knowledge spun too fine.
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The best is the cheapest.
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He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.
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