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Use now and then a little Exe...

Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

When about 16 Years of Age, I...

When about 16 Years of Age, I happened to meet with a Book written by one Tryon, recommending a Vegetable Diet. I determined to go into it.... My refusing to eat Flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Pity and forbearance should c...

Pity and forbearance should characterize all acts of justice.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Perhaps I'm too saucy or prov...

Perhaps I'm too saucy or provoking?

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Mary's mouth cost her nothing...

Mary's mouth cost her nothing for she never opens it but at others' expense.

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He who will not be counseled ...

He who will not be counseled cannot be helped.

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Epitaph on a scolding wife by...

Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so am I!

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A friend in need is a friend ...

A friend in need is a friend indeed!

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Pride gets into the Coach, an...

Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind.

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A little Religion, and a litt...

A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Liberality is not giving much...

Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Let thy maid servant be faith...

Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Industry and frugality, as th...

Industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth . . . thereby [secures] virtue, it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly. . . .

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

You have on hand those things...

You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

He that won't be counseled ca...

He that won't be counseled can't be helped. He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Fish & Visitors stink in 3 da...

Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

This gave me occasion to obse...

This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they were good-natur'd and chearful; and with the consciousness of having done a good Days work they spent the Evenings jollily; but on the idle Days they were mutinous and quarrelsome, finding fault with their Pork, the Bread, and in continual ill-humour. (Autobiography, 1771)

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Ambition has its disappointme...

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Time Like a petal in the wind...

Time Like a petal in the wind Flows softly by As old lives are taken New ones begin A continual chain Which lasts throughout eternity Every life but a minute in time But each of equal importance

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I grew convinced that truth, ...

I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....