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280 Famous Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
1/17/1706 - 4/17/1790
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At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement.

Years Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Yield Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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

Buying Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.

Want Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment.

Wit Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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He that won't be counselled can't be helped.

Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Fish and guests smell after three days.

Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.

Age Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Cliches and one-liners Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

Absence Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.

Affliction Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Seneca -Benjamin Franklin.

Anger Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.

Borrowing Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Business Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.

Children / youth Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.

Complaint Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.

Conformity Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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A good conscience is a continued Christmas.

Conscience Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.

Constitution Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, "This is my Country.".

Country Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Remember that credit is money.

Credit Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Death / immortality Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.

Debt Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

Debt Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.

Declaration of independence Quotes, by Benjamin Franklin

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