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Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer [more author details]

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Genius without education is like silver in the mine.: Benjamin Franklin
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.: Benjamin Franklin
God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.: Benjamin Franklin
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.: Benjamin Franklin
He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.: Benjamin Franklin
He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.: Benjamin Franklin
He that can have patience can have what he will.: Benjamin Franklin
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.: Benjamin Franklin
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.: Benjamin Franklin
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.: Benjamin Franklin
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He that lives upon hope will die fasting.: Benjamin Franklin
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He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.: Benjamin Franklin
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?: Benjamin Franklin
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How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.: Benjamin Franklin
I am in the prime of senility.: Benjamin Franklin
If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.: Benjamin Franklin
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If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.: Benjamin Franklin
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.: Benjamin Franklin
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If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.: Benjamin Franklin
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write something worth reading or do things worth the writing.: Benjamin Franklin
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.: Benjamin Franklin
If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.: Benjamin Franklin
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.: Benjamin Franklin
Love your enemies; for they shall tell you all your faults.: Benjamin Franklin
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Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.: Benjamin Franklin
Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price.: Benjamin Franklin
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.: Benjamin Franklin
Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.: Benjamin Franklin
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Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.: Benjamin Franklin
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.: Benjamin Franklin

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