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Time is money, be a better you.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Let every fart count as a peal of thunder for liberty. Let every fart remind the nation of how much it has let pass out of its control. It is a small gesture, but one that can be very effective - especially in a large crowd. So fart, and if you must, fart often. But always fart without apology. Fart for freedom, fart for liberty - and fart proudly.
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All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?
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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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Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.
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When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains.
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There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged
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Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
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To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.
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Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
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He that is conscious of a stink in his breeches is [suspicious] of every wrinkle in another's nose.
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Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, I may say without vanity, but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed.
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Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy
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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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Evils come not, then our fears are vain And if they do fear but augments the pain.
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When you are done changing, you're done.
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Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
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It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.
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Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
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