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Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture.
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Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.
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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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If you want something done, ask a busy person.
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There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
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An old man in a house is a good sign.
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If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear.
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Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform.
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I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.
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Better slip with foot than tongue.
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Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security.
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Where there is hunger, law is not regarded and where law is not regarded, there will be hunger.
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In going on with these Experiments, how many pretty systems do we build, which we soon find ourselves oblig'd to destroy! If there is no other Use discover'd of Electricity, this, however, is something considerable, that it may help to make a vain Man humble.
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It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.
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While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
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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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Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
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There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged
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I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.
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'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.
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