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The cat in gloves catches no mice.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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A fat kitchin, a lean Will.
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We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately.
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He that speaks ill of the mare will buy her.
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If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
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Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
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Praise little, dispraise less.
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An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
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Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.
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They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.
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'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.
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Lying rides upon debt's back.
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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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If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world?
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If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants to see us happy.
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