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It is better to take many injuries than to give one.
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
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Poor Richard
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To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.
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The refusal of King George to allow the colonies to operate an honest money system, which freed the ordinary man from clutches of the money manipulators was probably the prime cause of the revolution.
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Success is the residue of planning.
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Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist.
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By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources
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Diligence is the mother of good luck.
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The only time not wasted is wasted time.
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Resolve to perform what you ought perform without fail what you resolve.
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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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There are no ugly loves nor handsome prisons.
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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
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Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself avoid trifling conversation.
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I am lord of myself, accountable to none.
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No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.
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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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No gains without pains.
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