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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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A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a new member added to their happy society?
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Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy helmet and crown then shall thy soul walk upright, nor stoop to the silken wretch because he hath riches, nor pocket an abuse because the hand which offers it wears a ring set with diamonds.
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The best is the cheapest.
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By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.
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A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed.
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If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
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Read much, but not too many books.
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Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and oppressors, and a barrier against them. It produces excellent writers, and encourages men of fine genius.
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I wish to live without committing any fault at any time.
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What can laws do without morals?
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Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim the bird that sits is easily shot.
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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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I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue. Wise and good men are in my opinion, the strength of the state more so than riches or arms.
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Saying and Doing, have quarrel'd and parted.
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You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish.
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Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
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It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
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The sun of liberty is set you must light up the candle of industry and economy.
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He that's content hath enough.
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The exact Quantity and Quality being found out, is to be kept to constantly.
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