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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, I may say without vanity, but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed.
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We can defer, yet time is most certainly not.
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Snowy winter, a plentiful harvest.
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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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The pleasures of this world are rather from God's goodness than our own merit.
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A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
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Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money.
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Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation.
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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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