Benjamin Franklin Quotes

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Benjamin Franklin

Profession : Politician

Birth : January 17, 1706

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

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He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

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

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Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

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At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

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If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

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Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

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

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Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.

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Never confuse motion with action.

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Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

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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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Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

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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.

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A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent.

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Hunger is the best pickle.

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The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

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The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

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

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God helps those who help themselves.

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