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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Families ought to be noisy.
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An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.
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Our necessities never equal our wants.
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If you would know the value of money go, and try to borrow some! For, he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing! and indeed, so does he that lends to such people, when he goes to get it in again!
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Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.
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Willows are weak, but they bind the Faggot.
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We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.
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Security without liberty is called prison.
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By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources
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The refusal of King George to allow the colonies to operate an honest money system, which freed the ordinary man from clutches of the money manipulators was probably the prime cause of the revolution.
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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
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Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.
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Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
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The cat in gloves catches no mice.
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Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.
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Let every fart count as a peal of thunder for liberty. Let every fart remind the nation of how much it has let pass out of its control. It is a small gesture, but one that can be very effective - especially in a large crowd. So fart, and if you must, fart often. But always fart without apology. Fart for freedom, fart for liberty - and fart proudly.
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There's no gain, without pain.
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Quacks are the greatest liars in the world except their patients.
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