Benjamin Franklin quotes - page 8

[Referring to private hospital funding alone:] That won't work, it will never be enough, good health care costs a lot of money, remembering 'the distant parts of this province' in which 'assistance cannot be procured, but at an expense that neither [the sick-poor] nor their townships can afford.' ... '[This] seems essential to the true spirit of Christianity, and should be extended to all in general, whether deserving or undeserving, as far as our power reaches. (Benjamin Franklin)
Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature. View quote
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But our great security lies, I think, in our growing strength, both in numbers and wealth; ... unless, by a neglect of military discipline, we should lose all martial spirit ...; for there is much truth in the Italian saying, Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you. View quote
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A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over. View quote
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We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. View quote
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To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. View quote
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Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. View quote
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Never confuse motion with action. View quote
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Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. View quote
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Do you love life? Then don't waste time, because time is life! View quote
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He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed. (Benjamin Franklin)
Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes. View quote
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How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. View quote
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A false friend and a shadow stay around only while the sun shines. View quote
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If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. View quote
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Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt. View quote
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I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. View quote
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Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. View quote
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All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. View quote
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Your argument is sound, nothing but sound. View quote
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I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand. (Benjamin Franklin)
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. View quote
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The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. View quote
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It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. View quote
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The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice. View quote
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