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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Men are subject to various inconveniences merely through lack of a small share of courage, which is a quality very necessary in the common occurrences of life, as well as in a battle. How many impertinences do we daily suffer with great uneasiness, because we have not courage enough to discover our dislike.
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The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it.
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The nearest I can make it out, Love your Enemies means, Hate your Friends
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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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Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing?
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When Wine enters, out goes the Truth.
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Time eateth all things, could old poets say, The times are chang'd, our times drink all away.
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Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.
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Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
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In success be moderate.
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Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.
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The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.
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Now I've a sheep and a cow, every body bids me good morrow.
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Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself avoid trifling conversation.
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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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One today is worth two tomorrows.
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A full Belly brings forth every Evil.
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I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.
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Would thou confound thy enemy, be good thyself.
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Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.
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