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An infallible Remedy for the ...

An infallible Remedy for the Tooth-ach, viz Wash the Root of an aching Tooth, in Elder Vinegar, and let it dry half an hour in the Sun; after which it will never ach more; Probatum est.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Here you would know, and enjo...

Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Anyone willing to give up lib...

Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Those who sacrifice essential...

Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

We are not certain, we are ne...

We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make others take us seriously. In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Here's to our beloved George ...

Here's to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America, who commanded the sun and the moon to stand still - and they obeyed.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A wolf eats sheep but now and...

A wolf eats sheep but now and then, ten Thousands are devour'd by Men.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

It seems to me, that if state...

It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The riches of a country are t...

The riches of a country are to be valued by the quantity of labor its inhabitants are able to purchase, and not by the quantity of silver and gold they possess; which will purchase more or less labor, and therefore is more or less valuable, as is said before, according to its scarcity or plenty.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

But in this world nothing is ...

But in this world nothing is sure but death and taxes. [Fr., Mais dons ce monde, il n'y a rien d'assure que le mort et les impots.]

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Were the offer made true, I w...

Were the offer made true, I would engage to run again, from beginning to end, the same career of life. All I would ask should be the privilege of an author, to correct, in a second edition, certain errors of the first.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

If we can sleep without dream...

If we can sleep without dreaming, it is well that painful dreams are avoided. If, while we sleep, we can have any pleasing dreams, it is as the French say, tant gagne, so much added to the pleasure of life.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Who has deceived thee as oft ...

Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The exact Quantity and Qualit...

The exact Quantity and Quality being found out, is to be kept to constantly.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Laziness travels so slowly th...

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

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Most people dislike vanity in...

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Nothing is more important for...

Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue. Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

There is much money given to ...

There is much money given to be laughed at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A.'s fine horse, and B.'s fine house.

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He who falls in love with him...

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Life's tragedy is that we get...

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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