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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.
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All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
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Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
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Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.
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A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.
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The wise and the brave dares own that he was wrong.
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One day is worth a thousand tomorrows.
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What is without us has no connection with happiness, only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it. . . . Happiness springs immediately from the mind.
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Mankind are dastardly when they meet with opposition.
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Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads.
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Do you love life? Then don't waste time, because time is life!
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Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.
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If better is possible, good is not enough
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Be civil to all serviceable to many familiar with few friend to one enemy to none.
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Let thy discontents be thy secrets
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Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.
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To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.
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Security without liberty is called prison.
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History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public the advantage of a religious character among private persons the mischiefs of superstition, and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern.
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In going on with these Experiments, how many pretty systems do we build, which we soon find ourselves oblig'd to destroy! If there is no other Use discover'd of Electricity, this, however, is something considerable, that it may help to make a vain Man humble.
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