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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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Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
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The purpose of money was to purchase one's freedom to pursue that which is useful and interesting.
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Let every fart count as a peal of thunder for liberty. Let every fart remind the nation of how much it has let pass out of its control. It is a small gesture, but one that can be very effective - especially in a large crowd. So fart, and if you must, fart often. But always fart without apology. Fart for freedom, fart for liberty - and fart proudly.
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Stand firm, don't flutter!
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My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.
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You have two choices, write about something of significance or do something someone wants to write about.
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He that speaks ill of the mare will buy her.
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Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.
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There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
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Don't think so much of your own Cunning, as to forget other Men's a Cunning Man is overmatched by a cunning Man and a Half.
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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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Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug.
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When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.
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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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Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.
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Twas Noah who first planted the vine And mended his morals by drinking its wine.
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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
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He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
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Clean your finger before you point at my spots.
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