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Take care of the halfpence an...

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

No better relation than a pru...

No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A fine genius in his own coun...

A fine genius in his own country is like gold in the mine.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Strange secrets are let out b...

Strange secrets are let out by Death Who blabs so oft the follies of this world.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Notwithstanding my experiment...

Notwithstanding my experiments with electricity the thunderbolt continues to fall under our noses and beards; and as for the tyrant, there are a million of us still engaged at snatching away his sceptre.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

That as we enjoy great advant...

That as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Moses lifting up his wand, an...

Moses lifting up his wand, and dividing the Red Sea, and Pharaoh in his chariot overwhelmed with the waters. This motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Christians are directed to ha...

Christians are directed to have faith in Christ, as the effectual means of obtaining the change they desire.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Christianity commands us to p...

Christianity commands us to pass by injuries; policy, to let them pass by us.

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. If anyone should doubt whether the electrical matter passes through the substance of bodies, or only over along their surfaces, a shock from an electrified large glass jar, taken through his own body, will probably convince him. Electrical matter differs from common matter in this, that the parts of the latter mutually attract, those of the former mutually repel each other.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Every accent, every emphasis,...

Every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without being interested in the subject, one could not help being pleased with the discourse; a pleasure of much the same kind with that received from an excellent piece of music. This is an advantage itinerant preachers have over those who are stationary, as the latter can not well improve their delivery of a sermon by so many rehearsals.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

That Quantity that is suffici...

That Quantity that is sufficient, the Stomach can perfectly concoct and digest, and it sufficeth the due Nourishment of the Body.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The sun of liberty is set; yo...

The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Life is rather a state of emb...

Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

What signifies Philosophy tha...

What signifies Philosophy that does not apply to some Use? May we not learn from hence, that black Clothes are not so fit to wear in a hot Sunny Climate or Season, as white ones; because in such Cloaths the Body is more heated by the Sun when we walk abroad, and are at the same time heated by the Exercise, which double Heat is apt to bring on putrid dangerous Fevers? The Soldiers and Seamen, who must march and labour in the Sun, should in the East or West Indies have an Uniform of white?

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

People who are wrapped up in ...

People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Before Noah, men having only ...

Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the water they loved to drink. This good man, Noah, having seen that all his contemporaries had perished by this unpleasant drink, took a dislike to it; and God, to relieve his dryness, created the vine and revealed to him the art of making le vin. By the aid of this liquid he unveiled more and more truth.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Reckless haste makes poor spe...

Reckless haste makes poor speed.

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I have been apt to think that...

I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Wouldst thou enjoy a long Lif...

Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of God? labour in the first place to bring thy Appetite into Subjection to Reason.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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