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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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More quotes by Benjamin Franklin
A penny saved is twopence dear A pin a day 's a groat a year.
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To be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote.
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Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.
Benjamin Franklin
On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it.
Benjamin Franklin
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Benjamin Franklin
She that paints her Face, thinks of her Tail.
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That the vegetable creation should restore the air which is spoiled by the animal part of it, looks like a rational system, and seems to be of a piece with the rest.
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Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.
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Lost time can never be found again
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An Episcopalian divine once told the Pope that the only difference between their denominations was that the Church of Rome is infallible and the Church of England is never in the wrong.
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A true friend is the greatest possesion.
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Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.
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Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.
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If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
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Twas Noah who first planted the vine And mended his morals by drinking its wine.
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Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
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Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.
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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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Man is a tool-making animal
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The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
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