Benjamin Franklin - Poor Richard's Almanack (1759)

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Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven.

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Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.

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God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.

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There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

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Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

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The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.

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What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of things.

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Some make Conscience of wearing a Hat in the Church, who make none of robbing the Altar.

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Kings have long arms, but Misfortune longer: let none think themselves out of her reach.

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He's gone, and forgot nothing but to say farewell to his creditors

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Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

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Don't think so much of your own Cunning, as to forget other Men's; a Cunning Man is overmatched by a cunning Man and a Half.

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The church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.

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

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Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

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If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

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Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price.

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None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault or acknowledge himself in error.

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'Tis great Confidence in a Friend to tell him your Faults, greater to tell him his.

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Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

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Here comes the orator! with his flood of words, and his drop of reason.

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To be intimate with a foolish friend is like going to bed to a razor.

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Hide not your talents, they for use were made,
What's a sun-dial in the shade?

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We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.

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There are three faithful friends—an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

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

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Don't throw stones at your neighbours, if your own windows are glass.
Proverbial

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Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

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

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Mankind are very odd creatures: one half censure what they practice, the other half practice what they censure; the rest always say and do as they ought.

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