Benjamin Franklin Short Quotes

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There never was a good war or a bad peace.

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Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

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Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads.

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He [the sun] gives light as soon as he rises.

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When the well's dry, we know the worth of water.

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Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

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Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.

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Would you persuade, speak of Interest, not of Reason.

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'Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

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Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.

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None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.

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The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.

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Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

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I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.

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If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.

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Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

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Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

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Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of.

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Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one.

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He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now.

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

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A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

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Neglect mending a small fault and 'twill soon be a great one.

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Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

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There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

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At the workingman's house hunger looks in but dares not enter.

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He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.

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As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts.

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He that drinks his Cyder alone, let him catch his Horse alone.

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I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them.

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