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Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.
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No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood the rest, by right, belonged to the state.
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All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person who knows HOW will always have a job, but the person who knows WHY will always be the boss.
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In Truth I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order and now I am grown old, and my Memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it.
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There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.
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Reckless youth makes rueful age.
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Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one.
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Where there is hunger, law is not regarded and where law is not regarded, there will be hunger.
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Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.
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Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.
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He that's secure is not safe.
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Hope of gain lessens pain.
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Let thy vices die before thee.
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