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Those who would give up liber...

Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

One Man may be more cunning t...

One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I am a mortal enemy to arbitr...

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I have conceived a higher opi...

I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick, their memory as strong, and their docility in every respect equal to that of white children.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

We are not so sensible of the...

We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Resolve to perform what you o...

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The discovery of a wine is of...

The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

All human situations have the...

All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

No employment can be managed ...

No employment can be managed without arithmetic, no mechanical invention without geometry.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The good Education of Youth h...

The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families and of Common-wealths. Almost all Governments have therefore made it a principal Object of their Attention, to establish and endow with proper Revenues, such Seminaries of Learning, as might supply the succeeding Age with Men qualified to serve the Publick with Honour to themselves, and to their Country.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Fear not death; for the soone...

Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

He that can take rest is grea...

He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Truth and sincerity have a ce...

Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be painted.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The expenses required to prev...

The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

If we lose our Money, it give...

If we lose our Money, it gives us some Concern. If we are cheated or robb'd of it, we are angry: But Money lost may be found; what we are robb'd of may be restored: The Treasure of Time once lost, can never be recovered; yet we squander it as tho' 'twere nothing worth, or we had no Use for it.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Those who would trade in thei...

Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Tis a great confidence in a f...

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

It is much to be lamented tha...

It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and also have done as much as he did to make others unbelievers.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Time is the stuff life is mad...

Time is the stuff life is made of.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Venison and venery defeated m...

Venison and venery defeated me.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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