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Do not do that which you would not have known.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
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Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself.
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History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public the advantage of a religious character among private persons the mischiefs of superstition, and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern.
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If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix'd in your present opinions, modest, sensible men, who do not love disputation, will probably leave you undisturbed in the possession of your error.
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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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Necessity never made a good bargain.
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By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.
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The happy State of Matrimony is, undoubtedly, the surest and most lasting Foundation of Comfort and Love . . . the Cause of all good Order in the World, and what alone preserves it from the utmost Confusion.
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I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.
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Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely.
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He that is conscious of a stink in his breeches is [suspicious] of every wrinkle in another's nose.
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Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself avoid trifling conversation.
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Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy
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Remember this Saying, 'That the good Paymaster is Lord of another Man's Purse.' He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any Occasion, raise all the Money his Friends can spare.
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Make the best use of both time and money. Add industry and frugal dealings if they pay very well and if you're free to it.
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When you are done changing, you're done.
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Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
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One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued.
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He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.
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La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla.
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