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There have been as great soul...

There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Idleness and pride tax with a...

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Virtue may not always make a ...

Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The only certain things in li...

The only certain things in life are death and taxes!

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Mankind are very odd creature...

Mankind are very odd creatures: one half censure what they practice, the other half practice what they censure; the rest always say and do as they ought.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

He [the Rev. Mr. Whitefield] ...

He [the Rev. Mr. Whitefield] used, indeed, sometimes to pray for my conversion, but never had the satisfaction of believing that his prayers were heard.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

When the well is dry, people ...

When the well is dry, people know the worth of water. [so appreciate what you have while you have it]

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

On the whole, though I never ...

On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Now I've a sheep and a cow, e...

Now I've a sheep and a cow, every body bids me good morrow.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A little sturdiness when supe...

A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

There is nothing wrong with r...

There is nothing wrong with retirement as long as one doesn't allow it to interfere with one's work.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Let me resolve to be virtuous...

Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me happy. Amen.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The purpose of money was to p...

The purpose of money was to purchase one's freedom to pursue that which is useful and interesting.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

So convenient a thing to be a...

So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

To the generous mind the heav...

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The most trifling actions tha...

The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at the billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

What is without us has no con...

What is without us has no connection with happiness, only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it. . . . Happiness springs immediately from the mind.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I scarce ever heard or saw th...

I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

He that doth what he should n...

He that doth what he should not, shall feel what he would not.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A lady asked Dr. Franklin Wel...

A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it."

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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