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The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Don't think so much of your own Cunning, as to forget other Men's a Cunning Man is overmatched by a cunning Man and a Half.
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I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.
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Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults greater to tell him his.
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