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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

Topics: Happiness, Government, Guarantees, American Revolution

quote if everyone is thinking alike then no one is thinking benjamin franklin Quotes

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Topics: Inspiring, Leadership, Teacher

Quotation Benjamin Franklin He who would trade liberty for some temporary security deserves Quotes

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

source: - Andrew M. Allison, Willard Cleon Skousen, M. Richard Maxfield, Benjamin Franklin (1982). “The Real Benjamin Franklin”

Topics: Freedom, Independent, Science, Freedom Of The Press, Liberty Of Speech

Quotation Benjamin Franklin War is when the government tells you who the bad Quotes

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.

Topics: Happiness, Witty, Money, Inspirational Money, Money And Happiness

Quotation Benjamin Franklin Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin Quotes

Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.

Topics: Gun, Government, Citizens

Quotation Benjamin Franklin It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question Quotes

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Topics: Happiness, Christmas, Honesty, Polymaths

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

Topics: Inspirational, Inspiring, Perseverance, Fail To Succeed, Funny Motivational

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Topics: Inspirational, Learning, Ignorance, Knowledge And Ignorance, Stupidity And Ignorance

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Topics: Clever, Motivation, 4th Of July, Inspiring Sales, Making Excuses

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.

Topics: Mean, Thinking, Way, American Liberty, Revolution Founding Fathers

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.

source: - Benjamin Franklin (1907). “The Franklin Year Book: Maxims and Morals from the Great Philosopher”

Topics: 4th Of July, Men, Law, American Revolution, American Voters

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

Topics: Funny, Inspiring, Money, Lending Money, Success And Money

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

Topics: 4th Of July, Speak, Mistaken

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.

Topics: Inspirational, Freedom, Gun

Security without liberty is called prison.

Topics: Patriotic, Liberty, Prison

When Wine enters, out goes the Truth.

Topics: Wine

Remember that credit is money.

Topics: Money, Credit, Remember

I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning...

Topics: Morning, Prayer, Moving, Deliberation, Christian Heritage

The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.

Topics: Men, Doe, He Man

God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.

Topics: Inspirational, God, Healing, God Heals, Medical Profession

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

Topics: Courage, Faults, Enough, Poor Richard

For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.

Topics: Preparation, Hours, Minutes

We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make others take us seriously. In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Topics: World, Lasts, Said, Inheritance Tax, Income Tax

An infallible Remedy for the Tooth-ach, viz Wash the Root of an aching Tooth, in Elder Vinegar, and let it dry half an hour in the Sun; after which it will never ach more; Probatum est.

Topics: Roots, Teeth, Half, Toothache

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Topics: Wisdom, Honesty, Integrity, Knowledge And Wisdom, Knowledge And Ignorance

When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.

source: - Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.282, Oxford University Press, USA

Topics: Inspiring

If you want a thing done - go. If not - send.

Topics: Leadership, Sports, Done

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

Topics: Motivational, Attitude, War

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Topics: Success, Men, Speak

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.

Topics: Positive, Mother, Children, Inspirational Forgiveness, Proud Of You

No gains without pains.

Topics: Pain, Gains, Conservative, Without Pain

Doing your best means never stop trying.

Topics: Hard Work, Mean, Trying, Trying Hard, Try Your Best

Order - Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

Topics: Order, Moral Perfection, Dullness

Speak little, do much.

Topics: Littles, Action, Speak

If you do tomorrow what you did today , you will get tomorrow what you got today

Topics: Today, Tomorrow

Fear God, and your enemies will fear you.

Topics: Enemy, Fear God, Poor Richard

God helps them that help themselves.

Topics: Inspirational, Wisdom, Business, Reliance On God, God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Topics: Believe, Half, Belief

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

Topics: Money, Use, Advantage

Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

Topics: Children, Patriotic, Passion, Crimes Of Passion

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.

Topics: Leadership, Patriotic, Independent, Authority And Responsibility, Tyranny Founding Fathers

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.

Topics: Inspirational, Party, Drinking

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Topics: Inspirational, Positive, Happiness, Happy Disposition

A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.

source: - Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.36, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Topics: Inspirational, Brother, May, Special Friend, Brother Sister

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

Topics: Educational, Sleep, Poultry

Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

Topics: Rain, Wine, Roots, Vineyards, Best Wine

We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.

Topics: Poverty, Poor, Should, Polymaths, Founding Fathers Democracy

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Topics: Perseverance, Yield, Wealth, Perserverance, Frugality

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

Topics: Inspirational, Wisdom, Learning

The cat in gloves catches no mice.

Topics: Cat, Gloves, Mice

Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich.

Topics: Learning, Rich, Frugal, Frugality, Industrious

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Topics: Funny, Hilarious, 4th Of July, Secretive, Kept Secrets

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. When it comes to investing, nothing will pay off more than educating yourself. Do the necessary research, study and analysis before making any investment decisions.

Topics: Decision, Analysis, Investing, Best Investment, Good Money

The one who fails to prepare is preparing to fail.

Topics: Failing, Preparing, Preparing To Fail

Drive your business. Let not your business drive you.

Topics: Business

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Topics: Happiness, Men, Liberty, Rich And Poor, Discontentment

you can do anything you set your mind to

Topics: Mind, Dedication And Perseverance, Perseverance In Love, Infinite Possibilities, Realm Of Possibility

What I am to be, I am now becoming.

Topics: Becoming

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.

Topics: Book, Reading, Knowledge, Meditation Mind, Inspirational Meditation

Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own.

Topics: Motivational, Wise, Men

By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources

Topics: Secret, May, Chess, Circumspection, Playing Chess

Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.

Topics: Mind, Pouring, Coins

I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest of us said last night

Topics: Morning, Beer, Night, Drinkers, Whiskey Drinking

One day is worth a thousand tomorrows.

Topics: One Day, Tomorrow, Thousand

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

Topics: Money, Thinking, Saving, Good Money, Inspirational Money

Eat what you like, but dress for other people.

Topics: People, Dresses

Don't misinform your Doctor nor your Lawyer.

Topics: Doctors, Lawyer, Law Students

Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.

Topics: Wisdom, Freedom, Patriotic, Liberty Of Speech, Limiting Freedom Of Expression

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting

Topics: Fitness, Medicine, Fasting, Modern Medicine

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.

Topics: 4th Of July, Long, Wish

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

source: - Benjamin Franklin (2013). “The Art of Virtue: Ben Franklin's Formula for Successful Living”, p.1, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Topics: Inspirational, Relationship, Uplifting, Tempting, Wrong Things

Lost time is never found again.

Topics: Positive, Time, Caring, Management Motivation, Managing Time

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.

Topics: Practice, Political, Deception, Treachery

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

Topics: Wise, Anger, 4th Of July, Words Of Anger, Feeling Angry

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Topics: Inspirational, Time, Short Life, Had A Great Time, Managing Time

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

Topics: Love, Inspirational, Life, Had A Great Time, Managing Time

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

Topics: New Beginnings, Opportunity, Succeed, Life Opportunity, Drawing Conclusions

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Topics: Country, Freedom, 4th Of July

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

Topics: Inspirational, Motivational, Death, Wordplay, Wise Words

In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.

Topics: Country, Different, Done, Different Countries, General Welfare

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

Topics: Motivational, Leadership, Confidence, Bundles, Humility And Modesty

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Topics: Funny, Inspiring, Money, Thrift

What is best for people is what they do for themselves.

Topics: Self, People

I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.

Topics: Men, Excuse, Dare, Making Excuses

Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.

Topics: Watches, Dollars, Care

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Topics: Love, Inspiring, Inspirational Life, Inspire Love

Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so.

Topics: Long, May, Divine

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.

Topics: Funny, Good Morning, Names, Funny Good Morning, Morning Routines

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

Topics: Happiness, Inspiring, Graduation, Stress And Anxiety, Stress And Worry

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Topics: Friendship, Leadership, Real Friends, Choosing Friends, Choosing Sides

Well done is better than well said.

Topics: Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports, Job Well Done, About Success

Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Topics: Christmas, Moving, Evil, Poor Richard, No Integrity

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Topics: Inspirational, Success, Reading, Social Media Marketing, Either Or

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Topics: Inspirational, Funny, Life, Indian Happy New Year, Spiritual New Year

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Topics: Education, Teacher, Atheist, Education And Teachers, Education For All

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Topics: Inspirational, Life, Improvement, Quit Smoking, Creatures Of Habit

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

Topics: Wise, Money, 4th Of July, Spiritual Health, Inspirational Health

Most men die at 25, we just don't bury them until they are 70.

Topics: Men, Burying, Dying Inside

He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.

Topics: 4th Of July, Fool

Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.

Topics: 4th Of July, Noses, Wipe, Intervention

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Topics: 4th Of July, Liberty, Wealth, Security And Liberty

Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation.

Topics: Loss, Weight Loss, Drink, Elevation, Inspirational Weight

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.

Topics: Morning, Eye, Atheism, Anti Religious, Religious Faith

He that drinks fast, pays slow.

Topics: Drinking, Pay, Drink, Brewing, Don't Drink Alcohol

I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.

Topics: Drinking, Drink, Turns, Drinking Alcohol

Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Topics: Easter, Jesus Christ Easter, Kids Easter, Christian Easter, Easter Bunny

All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.

Topics: Vision, Amendments, Situation, Mission And Vision, Troublesome

Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.

Topics: Wine, Water, Resolve, Food And Wine

He's the best physician who knows the worthlessness of most medicines.

Topics: Healing, Health, Science

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Topics: Humility, Sunday, Men, Godliness

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.

Topics: War, Men, Tyrants

It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.

Topics: Government, People, Liberty, Tax Day

Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.

Topics: Freedom, Sacrifice, Liberty, Civil Liberties, Security And Liberty

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.

Topics: Liberty, Politics, Trade

Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

Topics: Liberty, Protection, Trade

Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.

Topics: Giving Up, Liberty, Security

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Topics: Daughter, Ignorance, Liberty, Aeroplanes

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.

Topics: Educational, Keys, Sloth

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.

Topics: Business, Rap, Opportunity

Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.

Topics: Dream, Inspirational Life, Men, Stop Dreaming

A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang.

Topics: War, Unjust, Gang, Unjust War, Highwaymen

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

Topics: Hypocrite, Spots, Fingers, Hypocrit

Men take more pains to mask than mend.

Topics: Pain, Men, Mask

There seems to be three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war...this is robbery; the second by commerce, which is generally cheating; the third by agriculture, the only honest way.

Topics: Cheating, War, Agriculture, Innocent Life, Farming And Farmers

Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be painted.

Topics: Truth, Fire, Flames

If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes.

Topics: Thinking, Spain, Income

Time is an herb that cures all Diseases.

Topics: Disease, Herbs, Cures, Poor Richard

If you have no Honey in your Pot, have some in your Mouth.

Topics: Mouths, Honey, Pot

Do you love truth for truth's sake, and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others?

Topics: Sake, Endeavor, Communicate, Truth Love

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

Topics: Art, People, Acting, Coughing

If I could see one live show before I died, I'd see Lucy Angel

Topics: Angel, Shows, Before I Die

When circumstances don't fit our ideas they become our difficulties

Topics: Ideas, Fit, Circumstances

There is no good war or bad peace

Topics: War, Good War

Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy

Topics: Beer, Want, Proof

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

Topics: Caring, Doe, Care, Nobody Cares

The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.

Topics: Time, Money, Organization, Frugality, Money Wasted

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

Topics: Cynical, Faults, Excuse

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

Topics: Love, Inspirational, Funny, Ale, Lager

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Topics: Inspirational, War, 4th Of July, Management Motivation, Inspirational Softball

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Topics: Encouraging, Education, Money

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

Topics: Life, Wise, Tragedy

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

Topics: Happy, Work, Men, Working Man, Awe Inspiring

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

Topics: Peace, War, Self Improvement

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

Topics: Inspirational, Smell, Cute Funny, Fish Tanks, Uninvited Guests

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Topics: Tyrants, Conservative, Rebellion, Obedience To God, Rebellion Against God

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Topics: Life, Truth, Lying

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

Topics: Teamwork, Peace, Unity, Inspirational Team, Inspirational Teamwork

A place for everything, everything in its place.

Topics: Reality, Effectiveness, Liberty

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Topics: Friendship, Dog, Money, Making Friends, Cute Friendship

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Topics: Death, Money, Business

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

Topics: Motivational, Leadership, World, Daily Habits, Money Management

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

Topics: Motivation, Sleep, Two, Being Lazy

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Topics: Inspirational, Happiness, Wise, Feeling Angry, No Anger

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

Topics: Acceptance, Self, Three, Self Discovery, Discovering Self

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

Topics: Humorous, Cat, Law, Legal Profession, Countrymen

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

Topics: Peace, War, 4th Of July, International Peace Day, Good War

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

Topics: Laughter, Laughing, Teeth

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Topics: Love, Marriage, Love And Marriage

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Topics: Motivational, Mother, Business, Stop Procrastination, Diligent

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.

Topics: Good Morning, Death, Sleep, Life After Death

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

Topics: Money, Bed, Debt

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

Topics: Hope, Money, 4th Of July, Prayer And Fasting

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

Topics: Money, War, Liberty, Just War, Wars And Battles

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

Topics: Time, Hate, Hatred, Haste Makes Waste

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

Topics: Courage, Integrity, Silence

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

Topics: Together, Serious

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

Topics: Death, Food, Saws

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

Topics: Law, Injustice, Sometimes

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

Topics: Money, Sick, Wealth, Impotence

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.

Topics: Eye, Clothes, People

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

Topics: Faith, Spiritual, Atheist

Never confuse motion with action.

Topics: Inspiring, 4th Of July, Innovation, Positive Focus, Confused Love

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Topics: Memories, Business, Liberty, Owing A Debt, Awe Inspiring

He that rises late must trot all day.

Topics: Time, Time Management, Kick Ass, Awe Inspiring

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Topics: Leadership, 4th Of July, School, Scarce, Poor Richard

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.

Topics: Women, Wife, Danger

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

Topics: Marriage, Humorous, Wife

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Topics: Beauty, Liberty, Companion

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

Topics: War, Arbitration, Compromise, Great War, Vietnam War

Beware the hobby that eats.

Topics: Food, Liberty, Hobbies

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

Topics: Men, Thinking, Buying, Buying In

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Topics: Government, Law, Lawyer, Severe

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Topics: Inspirational, Writing, Dust, Insult To Injury, Dust To Dust

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Topics: Time, Years, Liberty, Year One, Discarded

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Topics: Time, Men, Greatness, Greatness Of Man

God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.

Topics: God, Honesty, Humorous

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Topics: Money, Wealth, Enjoy, True Wealth, Greatest Wealth

Applause waits on success.

Topics: Success, Congratulations, Reality

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Topics: Time, Faults, Tomorrow, Tomorrow Never Comes

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

Topics: Leadership, Wheels, Noise, Carts

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

Topics: Desire, Desire To Achieve

Hunger is the best pickle.

Topics: Food, Pickles, Hunger

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

Topics: Nature, Improvement, Prosperity, Gluttony, Cookery

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

Topics: Liberty, Doe, Wealth

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Topics: Inspirational, Life, Destiny, Getting Started, Fortune And Luck

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

Topics: Educational, Eye, Hands, Eye Color, Eyes Looking

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

Topics: Book, Reading, Liberty

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Topics: Wisdom

Fatigue is the best pillow.

Topics: Sleep, Insomnia, Liberty

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

Topics: Spring, Toil, Ease

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