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Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
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Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
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Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so It is not so. It is so it is not so.
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Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them.
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Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads.
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The noblest question in the world is: 'What good may I do in it?'
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What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of things.
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Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes reality
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I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men.
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No longer virtuous no longer free is a Maxim as true with regard to a private Person as a Common-wealth.
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Our necessities never equal our wants.
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If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
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By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.
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Practice makes perfect.
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Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly.
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There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharoah - get first all the people's money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants forever.
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Better slip with foot than tongue.
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Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
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The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.
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