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Force shites upon Reason's Back.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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That Quantity that is sufficient, the Stomach can perfectly concoct and digest, and it sufficeth the due Nourishment of the Body.
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A little neglect may breed great mischief.
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All the heavenly Bodies, the Stars and Planets, are regulated with the utmost Wisdom! And can we suppose less Care to be taken in the Order of the moral than in the natural System?
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Joy doesn't exist in the world, it exists in us.
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Half-wits talk much, but say little.
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'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
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Mankind are very odd creatures: one half censure what they practice, the other half practice what they censure the rest always say and do as they ought.
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The first mistake in public business is the going into it.
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Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.
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Whether a Commonwealth suffers more by hypocritical pretenders to religion or by the openly profane? The most dangerous hypocrite in a Commonwealth is one who leaves the gospel for the sake of the law. A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law.
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I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or more vicious, it may be concluded that he holds none that are dangerous, which I hope is the case with me.
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A man separated from his reflective belt is no man at all.
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Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither.
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Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them.
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My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.
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