Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

"Be slow in choosing a friend slower in changing."
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"Be slow in choosing a friend slower in changing."
Benjamin Franklin
"There are three faithful friends: an old wife an old dog and ready money."
Benjamin Franklin
"Ambition has its disappointments to sour us but never the good fortune to satisfy us."
Benjamin Franklin
"A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly use soberly distribute cheerfully and leave con-tently."
Benjamin Franklin
"If you desire many things many things will seem but a few."
Benjamin Franklin
"The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse."
Benjamin Franklin
"The way to see by Faith is to shut the eye of Reason."
Benjamin Franklin
"None preaches better than the ant and she says nothing."
Benjamin Franklin
"A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather."
Benjamin Franklin
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
Benjamin Franklin
"Fatigue is the best pillow."
Benjamin Franklin
"If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it from him."
Benjamin Franklin
"Eat to please thyself but dress to please others."
Benjamin Franklin
"Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy wealthy and wise."
Benjamin Franklin
"Beware of little expenses a small leak will sink a great ship."
Benjamin Franklin
"Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience."
Benjamin Franklin
"When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out one against the other I take the course indicated by what remains."
Benjamin Franklin
"It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it."
Benjamin Franklin
"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage half shut afterwards."
Benjamin Franklin
"Without love what are we worth? Eighty-nine cents! Eighty-nine cents worth of chemicals walking around lonely."
Benjamin Franklin
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