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Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.
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Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
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