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For the want of a nail the sho...

For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horse-shoe nail.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Little strokes fell great oaks...

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I conceive that the great part...

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

They that are on their guard a...

They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Our necessities never equal ou...

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

There was never a good war, or...

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Waste neither time nor money, ...

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The use of money is all the ad...

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

He does not possess wealth tha...

He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

He who multiplies riches multi...

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

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Wealth is not his that has it,...

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

In this world nothing is sure ...

In this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Nothing gives an author so muc...

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Tricks and treachery are the p...

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Trickery and treachery are the...

Trickery and treachery are the practices of fools that have not the wits enought to be honest

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I wake up every morning at nin...

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

If you would be loved, love, a...

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I have always thought that one...

I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and, cutting off all amusements or other employments that would divert his attention, make the execution of that same plan his sole study and business.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

You may delay, but time will n...

You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The moral and religious system...

The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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