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What one relishes, nourishes....

What one relishes, nourishes.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Some books we read, tho' few ...

Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Grief for a dead Wife, and a ...

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are none of the best

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Drink does not drown care, bu...

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Pride is as loud a beggar as ...

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

What more valuable than Gold?...

What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Cheese and salt meat, should ...

Cheese and salt meat, should be sparingly eat.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Often I sit up in my room rea...

Often I sit up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Evils come not, then our fear...

Evils come not, then our fears are vain; And if they do fear but augments the pain.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Nothing's so apt to undermine...

Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial selling it has been approved by the company that makes it.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

He that sells upon Credit exp...

He that sells upon Credit expects to lose 5 per Cent. By bad Debts; therefore he charges, on all he sells upon Credit, an Advance that shall make up that Deficiency.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I think that a young state, l...

I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the world; and hazarding their refusal. Our virgin is a jolly one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition, it seems to me well worth cultivating.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Speak and speed: the close mo...

Speak and speed: the close mouth catches no flies.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

If a man would reap praise, y...

If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The Honey is sweet, but the B...

The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

To inquisitive minds like you...

To inquisitive minds like yours and mine the reflection that the quantity of human knowledge bears no proportion to the quantity of human ignorance must be in one view rather pleasing, viz., that though we are to live forever we may be continually amused and delighted with learning something new.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The Body of B. Franklin, Prin...

The Body of B. Franklin, Printer Like the Cover of an old Book Its Contents turn out And Stript of its Lettering & Guilding Lies here. Food for Worms For, it will as he believed appear once more In a new and more elegant Edition corrected and improved By the Author.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Our new Constitution is now e...

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A greater Quantity of some th...

A greater Quantity of some things may be eaten than of others, some being of lighter Digestion than others.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I have heard that nothing giv...

I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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