Benjamin Franklin quotes
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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.”
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“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
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“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”
-- Benjamin FranklinSource : Andrew M. Allison, Willard Cleon Skousen, M. Richard Maxfield, Benjamin Franklin (1982). “The Real Benjamin Franklin”
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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.”
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“Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.”
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“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
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“I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”
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“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”
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“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
-- Benjamin FranklinSource : Benjamin Franklin (1907). “The Franklin Year Book: Maxims and Morals from the Great Philosopher”
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“If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.”
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“He that speaks much, is much mistaken.”
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“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.”
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“Security without liberty is called prison.”
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“When Wine enters, out goes the Truth.”
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“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...”
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“The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.”
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“God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.”
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“How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.”
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“For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.”
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“When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.”
-- Benjamin FranklinSource : Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.282, Oxford University Press, USA
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“If you want a thing done - go. If not - send.”
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“All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.”
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“Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.”
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“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.”
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“Doing your best means never stop trying.”
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“Order - Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.”
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“If you do tomorrow what you did today , you will get tomorrow what you got today”
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“Fear God, and your enemies will fear you.”
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“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.”
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“The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.”
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“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.”
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“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”
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“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”
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“Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.”
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“A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.”
-- Benjamin FranklinSource : Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.36, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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“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.”
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“We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.”
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“Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.”
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“Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich.”
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“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
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“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.”
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“The one who fails to prepare is preparing to fail.”
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“Drive your business. Let not your business drive you.”
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“Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.”
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“you can do anything you set your mind to”
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“Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.”
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“Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own.”
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“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”
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“Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.”
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“I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest of us said last night”
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“One day is worth a thousand tomorrows.”
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“If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.”
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“Eat what you like, but dress for other people.”
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“Don't misinform your Doctor nor your Lawyer.”
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“Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.”
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“The best of all medicines is resting and fasting”
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“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”
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“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.”
-- Benjamin FranklinSource : Benjamin Franklin (2013). “The Art of Virtue: Ben Franklin's Formula for Successful Living”, p.1, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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“Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.”
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“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.”
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“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.”
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“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”
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“To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.”
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“Where liberty is, there is my country.”
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“Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.”
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“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.”
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“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
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“What is best for people is what they do for themselves.”
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“I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.”
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“Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.”
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“If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.”
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“Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so.”
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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.”
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“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”
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“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
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“Well done is better than well said.”
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“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.”
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“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
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“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”
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“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”
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“It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”
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“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”
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“Most men die at 25, we just don't bury them until they are 70.”
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“He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.”
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“Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.”
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