Benjamin Franklin
United States
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
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Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody
Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting
When you're finished changing, you're finished
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it
Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later
Tomorrow every fault is to be amended; but tomorrow never comes
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it
The learned fool writes nonsense in better language that the unlearned - but it's still nonsense
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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