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He that's content hath enough.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.
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A greater Quantity of some things may be eaten than of others, some being of lighter Digestion than others.
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Be cheerful -- the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive.
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Fear to do ill, and you need fear else.
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They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.
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Love of country is the Mason's deed world citizenship is his thought.
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In success be moderate.
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If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it?
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A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.
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Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.
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Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.
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When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.
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Remember this Saying, 'That the good Paymaster is Lord of another Man's Purse.' He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any Occasion, raise all the Money his Friends can spare.
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We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as in the Colonies there is not a single unemployed man, no poor and no vagabonds.
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