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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Ben Franklin
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Poor Richard
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Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? I move that prayer imploring the assistance of Heaven be held every morning before we proceed to business.
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A dying man can do nothing easy.
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Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others?
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I believe long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance.
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When Wine enters, out goes the Truth.
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Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim the bird that sits is easily shot.
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If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear.
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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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It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on
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Why ruin a young girl's life when you can make an older women SO very happy !
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Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
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