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Great talkers are little doers.
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 have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.
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I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.
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My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.
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He that would travel much, should eat little.
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Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.
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