Benjamin Franklin quotes - page 21

A light purse is a heavy curse. (Benjamin Franklin)
There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous. View quote
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There are more old drunkards than old doctors. View quote
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I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man's Gold into Lead. View quote
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Visit your Aunt, but not every Day and call at your Brother's, but not every night. View quote
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Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. View quote
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What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the nature of things. View quote
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Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind. View quote
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Reader, I wish thee Health, Wealth, Happiness, And may kind Heaven thy Year's Industry bless. View quote
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An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught. View quote
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A little house well filled, A little field well tilled, And a little wife well willed, Are great riches. (Benjamin Franklin)
Now I've a sheep and a cow, every body bids me good morrow. View quote
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The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone. View quote
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I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances. View quote
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Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep. View quote
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The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature. View quote
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Despair ruins some, presumption many. View quote
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What is without us has no connection with happiness, only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it.... Happiness springs immediately from the mind. View quote
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To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it. View quote
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Kill no more pigeons than you can eat. View quote
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He who multiplies riches multiplies cares. (Benjamin Franklin)
The nearest I can make it out, Love your Enemies means, Hate your Friends. View quote
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A Traveller should have a hog's nose, deer's legs, and an ass's back. View quote
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When religious people quarrel about religion, or hungry people about their victuals, it looks as if they had not much of either about them. View quote
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Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price. View quote
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