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Happiness depends more on the ...

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Fish and visitors smell in thr...

Fish and visitors smell in three days.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Whoever would overthrow the li...

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Write to Please Yourself. When...

Write to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

If principle is good for anyth...

If principle is good for anything, it is worth living up to.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Use no hurtful deceit; think i...

Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

'Tis more noble to forgive, an...

'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

There's small Revenge in Words...

There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

No employment can be managed w...

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

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I am a mortal enemy to arbitra...

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

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Evil, as evil, can never be ch...

Evil, as evil, can never be chosen; and though evil is often the effect of our own choice, yet we never desire it but under the appearance of an imaginary good.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

The key that unlocks a door is...

The key that unlocks a door is a key to keep if you want to go through that door again.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Wisdom is in measured routine....

Wisdom is in measured routine. Three naps a day will keep you fit, nine breakfasts before noon, spin until you fall on your back, and thrust your face into a nettle plant. Drink at least five cups of a mare's urine and look upon your self in a silver mirror while you hold your air in your chest.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

When I see nothing annihilated...

When I see nothing annihilated, and not even a drop of water wasted, I cannot suspect the annihilation of souls Thus finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist; with all the inconveniences human life is liable to, I shall not object to a new edition of mine; hoping, however, that the errata of the last may be corrected.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I am what I am and that's all ...

I am what I am and that's all that I am and if I'm supposed to be somebody else, why do I look like me?

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

I believe ... that the soul of...

I believe ... that the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life, respecting its conduct in this.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Where there's no law, there's ...

Where there's no law, there's no bread.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Give me 26 lead soldiers and I...

Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

History affords us many instan...

History affords us many instances of the ruin of states,
by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and
genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one
part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. ... These measures never fail to create great and violent jealousies and animosities between the people favored and the people oppressed; whence a total separation of affections, interests, political obligations,

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Those who are willing to forfe...

Those who are willing to forfeit liberty for security will have neither.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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