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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
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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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Practice makes perfect.
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To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
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It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. Separate she lacks his force of body and strength of reason he her softness, sensibility and acute discernment. Together they are most likely to succeed in the world.
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A man separated from his reflective belt is no man at all.
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That Quantity that is sufficient, the Stomach can perfectly concoct and digest, and it sufficeth the due Nourishment of the Body.
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