Benjamin Franklin quotes - page 18

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. (Benjamin Franklin)
Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold things All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things. View quote
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After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser. View quote
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Passion governs, and she never governs wisely. View quote
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Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure nothing more bondage than too much liberty, (or libertinism.) View quote
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I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did. View quote
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Men and melons are hard to know. View quote
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As often as we do good, we sacrifice. View quote
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Cold cunning come from the north But cunning sans wisdom is nothing worth. View quote
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Life with fools consists in drinking with the wise man, thinking. View quote
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Lost time is never found again and what we call time enough, always proves little enough. (Benjamin Franklin)
Little strokes, Fell great oaks. View quote
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I hope... that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace. View quote
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There is always room for the man of force. View quote
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The proud hate pride in others. View quote
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Love well, whip well. View quote
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Take it from Richard, poor and lame, What's begun in anger ends in shame. View quote
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There are lazy Minds as well as lazy Bodies. View quote
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The longer I live the more convinced I become that God governs in the affairs of men. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance. View quote
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The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see. View quote
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He's a Fool that makes his Doctor his Heir. (Benjamin Franklin)
Marry your Son when you will, but your Daughter when you can. View quote
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Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires. View quote
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Industry and patience are the surest means of plenty. View quote
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Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter. View quote
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