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Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.
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 speaks much, is much mistaken.
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A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost for want of a shoe, the horse was lost for want of a horse, the battle was lost for want of the battle, the war was lost.
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Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.
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If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the Pagans, but practised it on one another.
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Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection.
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