Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

American statesman and physicist

Lived from: 1706 - 1790

Category: Politics | Scientists Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 17 january 1706 Died: 17 april 1790

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  • One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued.
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  • One should eat to live, not live to eat.
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  • One today is worth two tomorrows.
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  • Our necessities never equal our wants.
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  • Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
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  • Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
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  • Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
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  • Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.
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  • Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.
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  • Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.
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  • Read much, but not many books.
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  • Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.
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  • Remember that credit is money.
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  • Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.
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  • She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.
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  • Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
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  • Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.
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  • Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
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  • Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.
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  • So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.
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