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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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Certainlie these things agree, The Priest, the Lawyer, & Death all three: Death takes both the weak and the strong. The lawyer takes from both right and wrong, And the priest from living and dead has his Fee.
Benjamin Franklin
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
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Practice makes perfect.
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Fish and visitors stink in three days.
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No nation was ever ruined by trade.
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A fat kitchin, a lean Will.
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Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
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Great spenders are bad lenders.
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If you give up your freedom for safety, you don't deserve either one
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If we lose our Money, it gives us some Concern. If we are cheated or robb'd of it, we are angry: But Money lost may be found what we are robb'd of may be restored: The Treasure of Time once lost, can never be recovered yet we squander it as tho' 'twere nothing worth, or we had no Use for it.
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That Quantity that is sufficient, the Stomach can perfectly concoct and digest, and it sufficeth the due Nourishment of the Body.
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Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.
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Money makes money. And the money that makes money makes more money.
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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.
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The Sting of a reproach, is the Truth of it.
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Interest which blinds some People, enlightens others.
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A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
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Lost time can never be found again
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To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.
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