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Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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The poor have little beggars, none the rich, too much enough, not one.
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Some make Conscience of wearing a Hat in the Church, who make none of robbing the Altar.
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