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Mary's mouth cost her nothing for she never opens it but at others' expense.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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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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The sun of liberty is set you must light up the candle of industry and economy.
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By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.
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If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.
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How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of standing still. Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you. So how do you become better tomorrow? By becoming better today.
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