Benjamin Franklin quotes - page 4

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. (Benjamin Franklin)
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. View quote
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If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. (Benjamin Franklin)
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. View quote
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Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen. (Benjamin Franklin)
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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What is the use of a new-born child. View quote
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Benjamin Franklin

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Occupation: American Author
Born: January 17, 1706
Died: April 17, 1790
Quotes count: 686
Wikipedia: Benjamin Franklin

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