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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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No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood the rest, by right, belonged to the state.
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A good example is the best sermon.
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The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.
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A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.
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I am lord of myself, accountable to none.
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You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion
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Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
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By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or deceitful ornament.
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I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
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I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.
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I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.
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Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.
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There is always room for the man of force.
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A full Belly brings forth every Evil.
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Eat to live, not live to eat.
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Take time for all things.
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Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask.
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Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
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An old young man, will be a young old man.
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If you have time don't wait for time.
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