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Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man.
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Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
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A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
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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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If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.
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If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture.
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When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.
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Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade!
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If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it?
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Fish and visitors stink in three days.
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Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one.
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A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.
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