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Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.
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Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.
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Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and oppressors, and a barrier against them. It produces excellent writers, and encourages men of fine genius.
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