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Taxes are indeed very heavy -...

Taxes are indeed very heavy - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness. Three times as much by our Pride. And four times as much by our Folly.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Finding myself to exist in th...

Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A man compounded of law and g...

A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I resolve to speak ill of no ...

I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Righteousness, or justice, is...

Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two nobler virtues, industry and frugality, which tend more to increase the wealth, power and grandeur of the community, than all the others without them.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

He that steals the old man's ...

He that steals the old man's supper does him no wrong.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A virtuous heretic shall be s...

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I am in the prime of senility...

I am in the prime of senility.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

While we may not be able to c...

While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I believe that Man is not the...

I believe that Man is not the most perfect Being but One, rather that as there are many Degrees of Beings his Inferiors, so there are many Degrees of Beings superior to him.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

When confronted with two cour...

When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Do good to thy friend to keep...

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Handle your tools without mit...

Handle your tools without mittens.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

When passion rules, she never...

When passion rules, she never rules wisely.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Since they are our right, let...

Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we should be obliged to resort to party, let each of us range himself on the side which unfurls the ensigns of public good. Faction will then vanish, which, if not timely suppressed, may overturn the balance, the palladium of liberty, and crush us under its ruins.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

My father's little library co...

My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Some men grow mad by studying...

Some men grow mad by studying much to know,
But who grows mad by studying good to grow.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I wish the bald eagle had not...

I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

It is a strange anomaly that ...

It is a strange anomaly that men could be careful to insure their houses, their ships, their merchandise, and yet neglect to insure their lives - surely the most important of all to their families, and more subject to loss.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A new truth is a truth, an ol...

A new truth is a truth, an old error is an error.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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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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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....