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Have you something to do to-morrow do it to-day.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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In success be moderate.
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The happy State of Matrimony is, undoubtedly, the surest and most lasting Foundation of Comfort and Love . . . the Cause of all good Order in the World, and what alone preserves it from the utmost Confusion.
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They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions, for life is a kind of chess.
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Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.
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Games lubricate the body and the mind.
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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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Read much, but not too many books.
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Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.
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They who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing.
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The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked, than the supine, secure, and negligent.
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Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.
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To get the bad customs of a country changed and new ones, though better, introduced, it is necessary first to remove the prejudices of the people, enlighten their ignorance, and convince them that their interests will be promoted by the proposed changes and this is not the work of a day.
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Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest we do more harm than good.
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Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither.
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There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
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You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish.
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My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.
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Beware the hobby that eats.
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Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.
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