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When men are employed they are best contented.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.
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Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom and maintain your independency: be industrious and free be frugal and free.
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[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country.
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Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade!
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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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Mankind are very odd creatures: one half censure what they practice, the other half practice what they censure the rest always say and do as they ought.
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I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'
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One mend-fault is worth two find-faults, but one find-fault is better than two make-faults.
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Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley.
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The US Constitution only guarantees your rights as a citizen, it doesn't guarantee happiness. It may take work, but if you have your rights, happiness is very possible.
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Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
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There was great difference in persons and discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it.
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Nature performs the cure, the physician takes the fee.
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Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.
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Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to give it your best the next time around, people respect that.
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Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife.
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Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
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I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.
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It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
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Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection.
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