QUOTES by Benjamin Franklin
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“Man and woman have each of them qualities and tempers in which the other is deficient, and which in union contribute to the common felicity.”
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“He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare.”
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“When I am employed in serving others, I do not look upon myself as conferring favors, but as paying debts. I have received much kindness from men to whom I shall never have an opportunity of making the least direct returns; and numberless mercies from God, who is infinitely above being benefited by our services. Those kindnesses from men I can, therefore, only return on their fellow-men, and I can only show my gratitude for those mercies from God by a readiness to help His other children.”
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“Life, like a dramatic piece, should not only be conducted with regularity, but it should finish handsomely.”
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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 art of getting riches consists very much in thrift. All men are not equally qualified for getting money, but it is in the power of every one alike to practice this virtue.”
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“If a sound body and a sound mind, which is as much as to say health and virtue, are to be preferred before all other considerations, ought not men, in choosing a business either for themselves or children, to refuse such as are unwholesome for the body, and such as make a man too dependent, too much obliged to please others, and too much subjected to their humors in order to be recommended and get a livelihood?”
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“Our opinions are not in our own power; they are formed and governed much by circumstances that are often as inexplicable as they are irresistible.”
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“Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest.”
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“After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like the odd half of a pair of scissors, which has not yet found its fellow, and therefore is not even half so useful as they might be together.”
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“I would advise you to read with a pen in hand, and enter in a little book short hints of what you find that is curious, or that may be useful; for this will be the best method of imprinting such particulars in your memory.”
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“By the collision of different sentiments, sparks of truth are struck out, and political light is obtained. The different factions, which at present divide us, aim all at the public good; the differences are only about the various modes of promoting it.”
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“Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.”
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“There are in life real evils enough, and it is folly to afflict ourselves with imaginary ones; it is time enough when the real ones arrive.”
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“Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.”
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“Hope and faith may be more firmly built upon charity, than charity upon faith and hope.”
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“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
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“We need a revolution every 200 years, because all governments become stale and corrupt after 200 years.”
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“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.”
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“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
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“It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent.”
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“The most trifling actions of a man, in my opinion, as well as the smallest features and lineaments of the face give a nice observer some notion of his mind.”
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“I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.”
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“Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.”
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“Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.”
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“The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.”
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“I don’t believe in stereotypes. I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis.”
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“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”
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“If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.”
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“If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.”
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