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The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.
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Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body.
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I have found Christian dogma unintelligible.
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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
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Why ruin a young girl's life when you can make an older women SO very happy !
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Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.
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When women cease to be handsome, they study to be good.
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If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.
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