Benjamin Franklin quotes - page 14

Every man of the commonalty (excepting infants, insane persons, and criminals) is, of common right, and by the laws of God, a freeman, and entitled to the free enjoyment of liberty. ...liberty or freedom consists in having an actual share in the appointment of those who are to frame the laws and who are to be the guardians of every man's life, property, and peace. For the all of one man is as dear to him as the all of another; and the poor man has an equal right, but more need to have representatives in the Legislature than the rich one. ...they who have no voice or vote in the electing of representatives, do not enjoy liberty, but are absolutely enslaved to those who have votes and their representatives; for to be enslaved is to have governors whom other men have set over us, and to be subject to laws made by the representatives of others, without having had representatives of our own to give consent in our behalf. (Benjamin Franklin)
Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. View quote
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Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good. View quote
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Remember that time is money. View quote
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Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass. View quote
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It is the eyes of other people that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture. View quote
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Drive thy business, let not that drive thee. View quote
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Trickery and treachery are the practices of fools that have not wits enough to be honest. View quote
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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. View quote
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Even peace be may purchased at too high a price. View quote
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No nation was ever ruined by trade. (Benjamin Franklin)
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy And he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. View quote
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God helps those who help themselves. View quote
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If you would be loved, love, and be loveable. View quote
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Late Children, early Orphans. View quote
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When the well is dry, they know the worth of water. View quote
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Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter. View quote
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Our limited perspective, our hopes and fears become our measure of life, and when circumstances don't fit our ideas, they become our difficulties. View quote
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War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself. View quote
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Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. Written when he was 16. View quote
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A good example is the best sermon. (Benjamin Franklin)
The best of all medicines are rest and fasting. View quote
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A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough. View quote
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Good sense is a thing all need, few have, and none think they want. View quote
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I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. View quote
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