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The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
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Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
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Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others?
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If you want a thing done - go. If not - send.
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History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public the advantage of a religious character among private persons the mischiefs of superstition, and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern.
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Let every fart count as a peal of thunder for liberty. Let every fart remind the nation of how much it has let pass out of its control. It is a small gesture, but one that can be very effective - especially in a large crowd. So fart, and if you must, fart often. But always fart without apology. Fart for freedom, fart for liberty - and fart proudly.
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Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
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Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one.
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Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body.
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When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains.
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Content makes poor men rich discontent makes rich men poor.
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As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
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A little neglect may breed great mischief.
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