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Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Silence Dogood
Ben Franklin
The First American
Franklin
Poor Richard
Poverty
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