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People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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She that paints her Face, thinks of her Tail.
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When religion is good, it will take care of itself. When it is not able to take care of itself, and God does not see fit to take care of it, so that it has to appeal to the civil power for support, it is evidence to my mind that its cause is a bad one.
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That there is one God, who made all things. That he governs the world by his providence. That he might be worshipped by adoration, prayer, and thanksgiving. But that the most acceptable service of God is doing good to Man. That the Soul is immortal. And that God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter.
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Have you something to do to-morrow do it to-day.
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The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it.
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If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture.
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Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.
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