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Benjamin Franklin Quotes:

Ocupation: Founding Father of the United States

Life: January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790

Birthday: January 17

Death: April 17

If a sound body and a sound mind, which is as much as to say health and virtue, are to be preferred before all other considerations, ought not men, in choosing a business either for themselves or children, to refuse such as are unwholesome for the body, and such as make a man too dependent, too much obliged to please others, and too much subjected to their humors in order to be recommended and get a livelihood?

- Benjamin Franklin

source: Benjamin Franklin “Poor Richard Day by Day”, Lulu.com

topic: Sound Mind, Sound Body

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