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Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived.
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People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages.
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It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.
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All the heavenly Bodies, the Stars and Planets, are regulated with the utmost Wisdom! And can we suppose less Care to be taken in the Order of the moral than in the natural System?
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[It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the English and . . . the Revolutionary War.
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Many dishes many diseases, Many medicines few cures.
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I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or more vicious, it may be concluded that he holds none that are dangerous, which I hope is the case with me.
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The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
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The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.
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Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.
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A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
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One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued.
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We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.
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If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world?
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What I am to be, I am now becoming.
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The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.
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Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.
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To get the bad customs of a country changed and new ones, though better, introduced, it is necessary first to remove the prejudices of the people, enlighten their ignorance, and convince them that their interests will be promoted by the proposed changes and this is not the work of a day.
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In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.
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Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
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