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Ambition has its disappointme...

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

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

Fish & Visitors stink in 3 da...

Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days.

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

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

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

It is very imprudent to depri...

It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of her rights.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Those renowned generals [Alex...

Those renowned generals [Alexander and Caesar] received more faithful service, and performed greater actions by means of the love their soldiers bore them, than they could possibly have done, if instead of being beloved and respected they had been hated and feared by those they commanded.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

When I see nothing annihilate...

When I see nothing annihilated, and not even a drop of water wasted, I cannot suspect the annihilation of souls Thus finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist; with all the inconveniences human life is liable to, I shall not object to a new edition of mine; hoping, however, that the errata of the last may be corrected.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The good or ill hap of a good...

The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Most people dislike vanity in...

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others who are within his sphere of action: and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Take courage, Mortal... Death...

Take courage, Mortal... Death cannot banish you from the Universe.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

All wars are follies, very ex...

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Love and toothache have many ...

Love and toothache have many cures, but none infallible, except possession and dispossession.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

We have no poor houses in the...

We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as in the Colonies there is not a single unemployed man, no poor and no vagabonds.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

If Jack's in love, he's no ju...

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

In a discreet man's mouth, a ...

In a discreet man's mouth, a public thing is private.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

What one relishes, nourishes....

What one relishes, nourishes.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

He that blows the coals in qu...

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. - Ben Franklin

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I am what I am and that's all...

I am what I am and that's all that I am and if I'm supposed to be somebody else, why do I look like me?

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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