“There was never a good war, or a bad peace.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Category: war
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Be at war with your vices, at
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Category: peace
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At twenty years of age the will
“At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Category: age
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He that is good for making excuses
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Category: good
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A place for everything, everything in its
“A place for everything, everything in its place.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Category: inspirational
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Your net worth to the world is
“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Category: good
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It is a grand mistake to think
“It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Category: great
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Speak ill of no man, but speak
“Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Category: good
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I conceive that the great part of
“I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Category: great
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Dost thou love life? Then do not
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Category: time
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An investment in knowledge pays the best
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Category: knowledge
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