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Take time for all things.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
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People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.
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[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country.
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Learn of the skillful he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.
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Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.
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Necessity never made a good bargain.
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A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
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