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

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

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

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

No nation has ever been ruine...

No nation has ever been ruined by trade.

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

Let thy maid servant be faith...

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

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

That wise Men have in all Age...

That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessary for the well ordering and well-being of Society, and accordingly have been ever careful to encourage and protect the Ministers of it, paying them the highest publick Honours, that their Doctrines might thereby meet with the greater Respect among the common People.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Time eateth all things, could...

Time eateth all things, could old poets say, The times are chang'd, our times drink all away.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Great talkers, little doers. ...

Great talkers, little doers.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The game of Chess is not mere...

The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions, for life is a kind of chess.

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

O powerful goodness! Bountifu...

O powerful goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom dictates. Accept my kind offices to thy other children as the only return in my power for thy continual favours to me.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Then plough deep while slugga...

Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The electrical matter consist...

The electrical matter consists of particles extremely subtile, since it can permeate common matter, even the densest metals, with such ease and freedom as not to receive any perceptible resistance.

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