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Scarcely was I arrived at fift...

Scarcely was I arrived at fifteen years of age, when, after having doubted in turn of different tenets, according as I found them combated in the different books that I read, I began to doubt of Revelation itself.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Some volumes against Deism fel...

Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the arguments of the Deists, which were cited in order to be refuted, appeared to me much more forcibly than the refutation itself; in a word, I soon became a thorough Deist.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Revealed religion has no weigh...

Revealed religion has no weight with me.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Indeed, when religious people ...

Indeed, when religious people quarrel about religion, or hungry people quarrel about victuals, it looks as if they had not much of either among them.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

When a religion is good, I con...

When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it so that its professors are obliged to call for help of the civil power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Do not, however, mistake me. ...

Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The things of this world take ...

The things of this world take up too much of my time, of which indeed I have too little left, to undertake anything like a reformation in religion.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Religion I found to be without...

Religion I found to be without any tendency to inspire, promote, or confirm morality, serves principally to divide us and make us unfriendly to one another.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

It is much to be lamented that...

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

A fish is a sock for a fish sk...

A fish is a sock for a fish skeleton.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Rarely use Venery but for Heal...

Rarely use Venery but for Health or Offspring; Never to Dulness, Weakness, or the Injury of your own or another's Peace or Reputation.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

We may perhaps learn to depriv...

We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Justice will not be served unt...

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

When the well is dry, we know ...

When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

When you're testing to see how...

When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

What one relishes, nourishes....

What one relishes, nourishes.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Courteous Reader, Astrology is...

Courteous Reader, Astrology is one of the most ancient Sciences, held in high esteem of old, by the Wise and the Great. Formerly, no Prince would make War or Peace, nor any General fight in Battle, in short, no important affair was undertaken without first consulting an Astrologer.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

If Men are so wicked as we now...

If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it?

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Better slip with foot than ton...

Better slip with foot than tongue.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Opportunity is the great bawd....

Opportunity is the great bawd.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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