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Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla.
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Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security.
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Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.
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Write to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one.
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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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There was great difference in persons and discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it.
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A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
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Read much, but not too many books.
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Praise little, dispraise less.
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The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.
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By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.
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Graft good Fruit all, or graft not at all.
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