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Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug.
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.
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There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharoah - get first all the people's money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants forever.
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By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.
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There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.
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