“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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There was never a good war, or
“There was never a good war, or a bad peace.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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A house is not a home unless
“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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Even peace may be purchased at too
“Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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There are three faithful friends – an
“There are three faithful friends – an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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Keep your eyes wide open before marriage,
“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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Experience keeps a dear school, but fools
“Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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Beware the hobby that eats.
“Beware the hobby that eats.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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Each year one vicious habit discarded, in
“Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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Human felicity is produced not as much
“Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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There is no kind of dishonesty into
“There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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