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When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.
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God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, 'This is my Country.'
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You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.
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The riches of a country are to be valued by the quantity of labor its inhabitants are able to purchase, and not by the quantity of silver and gold they possess which will purchase more or less labor, and therefore is more or less valuable, as is said before, according to its scarcity or plenty.
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Where there's no law, there's no bread.
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The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
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The purpose of money was to purchase one's freedom to pursue that which is useful and interesting.
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Virtues, of ... Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
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We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.
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In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.
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In humility imitate Jesus and Socrates.
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The only time a question should be asked is when all other possibilities of finding the answer for yourself have been eliminated.
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Perhaps I'm too saucy or provoking?
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In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top.
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I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and, cutting off all amusements or other employments that would divert his attention, make the execution of that same plan his sole study and business.
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Learn of the skillful he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.
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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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By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or deceitful ornament.
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