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Resolve to perform what you ought perform without fail what you resolve.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility they think the same of theirs.
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We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as in the Colonies there is not a single unemployed man, no poor and no vagabonds.
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He that is conscious of a stink in his breeches is [suspicious] of every wrinkle in another's nose.
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It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
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The busy man has few idle visitors to the boiling pot the flies come not.
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Half-wits talk much, but say little.
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Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.
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Hope of gain lessens pain.
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If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
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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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Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.
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The Sting of a reproach, is the Truth of it.
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If you, do what you should not, you must bear what you would not.
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A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
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