Benjamin Franklin quotes - page 4

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters. (Benjamin Franklin)
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. View quote
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God heals, and the doctor takes the fees. View quote
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A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother. View quote
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He that cannot obey, cannot command. View quote
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If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. View quote
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The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. View quote
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Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. View quote
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A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. View quote
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He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged. View quote
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Hunger is the best pickle. (Benjamin Franklin)
If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. View quote
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In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top. View quote
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So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do. View quote
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Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug. View quote
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We are a kind of posterity in respect to them. View quote
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Lighthouses are more useful than churches. View quote
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That it is better 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer, is a maxim that has been long and generally approved. View quote
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If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. View quote
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Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. View quote
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The cat in gloves catches no mice. (Benjamin Franklin)
Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen. View quote
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Не does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him. View quote
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When in doubt, don't. View quote
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There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. View quote
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