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Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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He that would travel much, should eat little.
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To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.
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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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He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.
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Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold things All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things.
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