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We are more heavily taxed by o...

We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Take care of the halfpence and...

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

At a great pennyworth pause a ...

At a great pennyworth pause a while.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

That man alone loves himself r...

That man alone loves himself rightly who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence and so pursues pleasure as not to give for it more than it is worth.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A nod from a lord is a breakfa...

A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Since I cannot govern my own t...

Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others?

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

He that hath a trade hath an e...

He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

There is none deceived but he ...

There is none deceived but he that trusts.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Scarcely have I ever heard or ...

Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, 'I may say without vanity,' but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

There is much money given to b...

There is much money given to be laughed at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A.'s fine horse, and B.'s fine house.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Hast thou virtue? acquire also...

Hast thou virtue? acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Virtue alone is sufficient to ...

Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Here you would know, and enjoy...

Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

But in this world nothing is s...

But in this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.
[Fr., Mais dons ce monde, il n'y a rien d'assure que le mort et les impots.]

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

By my rambling digressions I p...

By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

Perhaps the history of the err...

Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries. Truth is uniform and narrow; it constantly exists, and does not seem to require so much an active energy, as a passive aptitude of the soul in order to encounter it. But error is endlessly diversified; it has no reality, but is the pure and simple creation of the mind that invents it. In this field the soul has room enough to expand herself, to display all her boundless faculties, and al

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

A people who chose security ov...

A people who chose security over liberty will receive neither nor deserve either.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

To find out a girl's faults, p...

To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

For the best return on your mo...

For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

It is ill-manners to silence a...

It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on

Benjamin Franklin 1856 quotes

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