Benjamin Franklin Quotes
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A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave con-tently.
[Forgiveness]
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Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
[Absence]
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Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
[Admiration]
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After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser.
[Humility]
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All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
[Discontent]
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All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
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All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.
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All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
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All would live long, but none would be old.
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Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.
[Ambition]
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An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
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An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.
[Wife]
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And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
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Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.
[Anger]
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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
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Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
[Deserve]
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Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.
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Applause waits on success; the fickle multitude, like the light straw that floats along the stream, glides with the current still, and follows fortune.
[Applause]
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As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, is the best the world ever saw or is likely to see.
[Religion]
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As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
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