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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more.
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Great talkers should be cropt, for they've no need of ears.
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Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask.
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None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.
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Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.
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He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither.
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You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.
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A penny saved is a penny earned.
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When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views.
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Many have been ruined by buying good Pennyworths.
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Those who are fear'd, are hated.
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A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost for want of a shoe, the horse was lost for want of a horse, the battle was lost for want of the battle, the war was lost.
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He that hath a trade hath an estate and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.
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Where liberty is, there is my country.
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He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear.
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Take it from Richard, poor and lame, What's begun in anger ends in shame.
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An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.
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My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.
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The cat in gloves catches no mice.
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Twas Noah who first planted the vine And mended his morals by drinking its wine.
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