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Then plough deep while sluggar...

Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The proof of gold is fire......

The proof of gold is fire...

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

If you can't pay for a thing, ...

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A wise man will desire no more...

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I have lived, Sir, a long time...

I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth -- that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings that 'except the Lord build they labor in vain that build it.' I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

whatever you become be good at...

whatever you become be good at it

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Lighthouses are more helpful t...

Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A cheerful face is nearly as g...

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

So much for industry, my frien...

So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Temperance puts wood on the fi...

Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I have heard that nothing give...

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

Teach your child to hold his t...

Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The man who trades freedom for...

The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

You and I were long friends: y...

You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The sun of liberty is set; you...

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

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Outside Independence Hall when...

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, 'Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?' With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, 'A republic, if you can keep it.'

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Repeal that [welfare] law, and...

Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I don't believe in stereotypes...

I don't believe in stereotypes. I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

... there is much truth in the...

... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

This [the U.S. Constitution] i...

This [the U.S. Constitution] is likely to be administered for a course of years and then end in despotism... when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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