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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
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My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.
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How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of standing still. Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you. So how do you become better tomorrow? By becoming better today.
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If you'd lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money.
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Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
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A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed.
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There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.
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Families ought to be noisy.
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He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.
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One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else.
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Men are subject to various inconveniences merely through lack of a small share of courage, which is a quality very necessary in the common occurrences of life, as well as in a battle. How many impertinences do we daily suffer with great uneasiness, because we have not courage enough to discover our dislike.
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Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.
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He that can have patience can have what he will.
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It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
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Life is a kind of chess.
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Marry above thy match and you will get a master.
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The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary.
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It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.
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It is the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.
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