Benjamin Franklin - Poor Richard's Almanack (1759)

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

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Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

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

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After three days men grow weary of a wench, a guest, and rainy weather.

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If man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.

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Who knows a fool must know his brother;
For one will recommend another.

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Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.

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The creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times.

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Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.

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

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Strive to be the greatest man in your country, and you may be disappointed. Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.

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

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

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They who have nothing to trouble them,
will be troubled at nothing.

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How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.

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If you would reap praise you must sow the seeds,
Gentle words and useful deeds.

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Work as if you were to live a hundred years,
Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.

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Keep the eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterwards.

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In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top.

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Dost thou love Life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

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The noblest question in the world is What Good may I do in it?

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The praise you take, altho' it be your due,
Will be suspected if it come from you.

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Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.

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Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.

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A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

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

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Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Dear in the sense of expensive

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