Benjamin Franklin Quotes
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He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner.
[Opportunities]
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He that won't be counseled can't be helped.
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He that would be master of his own, must not be bound for another.
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He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow money to be repaid at Easter.
[Borrowing]
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He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.
[Peace]
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He that's secure is not safe.
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He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
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He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
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He who rises late may trot all day, and not overtake his business at night.
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He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity, will revolutionize the world.
[Christianity]
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He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.
[Medicine]
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Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
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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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Honesty is the best policy.
[Honesty]
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How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.
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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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Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
[Time]
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Hunger is the best pickle.
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I am in the prime of senility.
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I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.
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