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Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'
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Necessity knows no law I know some attorneys of the same.
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If I could see one live show before I died, I'd see Lucy Angel
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Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.
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He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir.
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Drive your business. Let not your business drive you.
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One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.
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All the heavenly Bodies, the Stars and Planets, are regulated with the utmost Wisdom! And can we suppose less Care to be taken in the Order of the moral than in the natural System?
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Whoever shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world.
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There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature.
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Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
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Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.
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Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge
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The noblest question in the world is: 'What good may I do in it?'
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A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.
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My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences with Providence.
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How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of standing still. Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you. So how do you become better tomorrow? By becoming better today.
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