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Better slip with foot than tongue.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Chess Player
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Economist
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Massachusetts
Silence Dogood
Ben Franklin
The First American
Franklin
Poor Richard
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Wisdom
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I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.
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