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Necessity never made a good bargain.
Topic: Necessity
Source: None
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Necessity has no law.
Topic: Necessity
Source: None
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A little neglect may breed great mischief.
Topic: Neglect
Source: None
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Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Topic: Nothing
Source: None
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Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
Topic: Opportunity
Source: None
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A place for everything, everything in its place.
Topic: Order
Source: None
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He that can have patience can have what he will.
Topic: Patience
Source: None
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There never was a good war or a bad peace.
Topic: Peace
Source: None
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There never was a good war, or a bad peace. -Benjamin Franklin.
Topic: Peace
Source: None
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Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
Topic: Peace
Source: None
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The pen is mightier than the sword.
Topic: Pen
Source: Oration
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Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world.
[Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.]
Topic: Pen
Source: Oration
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Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves.
Topic: Please title this page. (envy.html)
Source: None
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Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
Topic: Pleasure
Source: None
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Applause waits on success.
Topic: Popularity
Source: None
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Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
Topic: Poverty
Source: None
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Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, supped with Infamy.
Topic: Pride
Source: None
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Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
Topic: Procrastination
Source: None
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Mine is better than ours.
Topic: Property
Source: None
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The pen is mightier than the sword.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Oration
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Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Poor Richard
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Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Poor Richard
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Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Poor Richard
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The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of man; and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?
Topic: Providence
Source: None
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Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.
Topic: Prudence
Source: Poor Richard
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The best is the cheapest.
Topic: Quality
Source: None
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He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.
Topic: Quarrel
Source: None
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To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
Topic: Quick
Source: None
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Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Topic: Reason
Source: None
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Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
Topic: Rebellion
Source: None
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None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.
Topic: Religion / Beliefs
Source: None
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Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.
Topic: Religion / Beliefs
Source: None
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How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
Topic: Religion / Beliefs
Source: None
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It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.
Topic: Repentance
Source: None
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Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
Topic: Reputation
Source: None
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Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Topic: Resolution
Source: None
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He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.
Topic: Rest
Source: None
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'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to
revenge an Injury.
Topic: Revenge
Source: Poor Richard
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He that's secure is not safe.
Topic: Safety
Source: None
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Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.
Topic: Secrecy
Source: Poor Richard
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Three can keep a secret, if two are dead.
Topic: Secrets
Source: None
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Topic: Security
Source: None
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Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.
Topic: Shame
Source: None
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Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
Topic: Shame
Source: None
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He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.
Topic: Silence
Source: None
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Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
Topic: Sin
Source: None
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A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.
Topic: Tact
Source: None
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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
Topic: Time
Source: None
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Here's to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America,
who commanded the sun and the moon to sand still--and they
obeyed.
Topic: Toasts
Source: toast made at the close of a banquet in England (see Englishman's and Frenchman's toasts)
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Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day.
Topic: Tomorrow
Source: Poor Richard's Almanac
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