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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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I early found that when I worked for myself alone, myself alone worked for me but when I worked for others also, others worked also for me.
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He that's secure is not safe.
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People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.
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Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains then shall thy pocket begin to thrive creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee
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In prosperous fortunes be modest and wise, The greatest may fall, and the lowest may rise: But insolent People that fall in disgrace, Are wretched and nobody pities their Case.
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Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
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It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.
Benjamin Franklin
Your argument is sound, nothing but sound.
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Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so It is not so. It is so it is not so.
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Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.
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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
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He that takes a wife, takes care
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The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.
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If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
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All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
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A good spouse and health is a person's best wealth.
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Fear God, and your enemies will fear you.
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He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir.
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an enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and, therefore, every free state hath a right by its laws to discourage the possession of such property.
Benjamin Franklin
Security without liberty is called prison.
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