Benjamin Franklin
United States
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
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Necessity never made a good bargain
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
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it
Lost time is never found again
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards
It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth
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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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