Benjamin Franklin

United States
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist

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Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy
Clean your finger before you point at my spots
Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few, friend to one, enemy to none
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest
All would live long; but none would be old
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
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
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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