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He that sows Thorns, should never go barefoot.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Beer is God's way of telling us that he loves us and wants us to be happy.
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If you wou'd have Guests merry with your cheer, Be so your self, or so at least appear.
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Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
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When Wine enters, out goes the Truth.
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If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix'd in your present opinions, modest, sensible men, who do not love disputation, will probably leave you undisturbed in the possession of your error.
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Two dry Sticks will burn a green One.
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Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and oppressors, and a barrier against them. It produces excellent writers, and encourages men of fine genius.
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