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280 Famous Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
1/17/1706 - 4/17/1790
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A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.

Fault Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is harmful.

Forbidden Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Fortune Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

Gluttony Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Fish and visitors stink after three days.

Guests Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Health Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.

Health Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

Hunger Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

Idleness Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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A fat kitchen, a lean will.

Kitchen Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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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.

Laziness Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.

Laziness Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

Leisure Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.

Medicine Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Moderation Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some.

Money Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Nothing Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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A place for everything, everything in its place.

Order Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

Pleasure Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.

Reputation Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Three can keep a secret, if two are dead.

Secrets Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.

Shame Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Shame Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

Tact Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

Trouble Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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