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Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet!
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If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.
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Often I sit up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.
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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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To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
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Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.
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