Benjamin Franklin - Wise Quotes

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Courteous Reader, Astrology is one of the most ancient Sciences, held in high esteem of old, by the Wise and the Great. Formerly, no Prince would make War or Peace, nor any General fight in Battle, in short, no important affair was undertaken without first consulting an Astrologer.

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Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

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A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel.

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The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families and of Common-wealths. Almost all Governments have therefore made it a principal Object of their Attention, to establish and endow with proper Revenues, such Seminaries of Learning, as might supply the succeeding Age with Men qualified to serve the Publick with Honour to themselves, and to their Country.

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

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A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.

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I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue. Wise and good men are in my opinion, the strength of the state; more so than riches or arms.

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The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends

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The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

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That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessary for the well ordering and well-being of Society, and accordingly have been ever careful to encourage and protect the Ministers of it, paying them the highest publick Honours, that their Doctrines might thereby meet with the greater Respect among the common People.

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A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.

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In prosperous fortunes be modest and wise, The greatest may fall, and the lowest may rise: But insolent People that fall in disgrace, Are wretched and nobody pities their Case.

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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." He planned his routine around waking up at 5 a.m. and asking himself "What good shall I do this day?

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Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.

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