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An old man in a house is a good sign.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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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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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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The poor have little beggars, none the rich, too much enough, not one.
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Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.
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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.
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A place for everything, everything in its place.
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Have you something to do to-morrow do it to-day.
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Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.
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The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see.
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Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.
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The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.
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