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Read much, but not too many books.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Mary's mouth cost her nothing for she never opens it but at others' expense.
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The next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down in writing.
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Every pot must sit on its own bottom.
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A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost for want of a shoe, the horse was lost for want of a horse, the battle was lost for want of the battle, the war was lost.
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The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown.
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In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.
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O Lazy bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design'd thou should'st use them?
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There are no ugly loves nor handsome prisons.
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All cats are gray in the dark.
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The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man.
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Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
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I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what you feel that is common or that may be useful for this will be the best method of imprinting such portcullis in your memory.
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Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.
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Do not do that which you would not have known.
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Twas Noah who first planted the vine And mended his morals by drinking its wine.
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A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
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All cats look gray in the dark.
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Without justice, courage is weak.
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You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours.
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