Benjamin Franklin
United States
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
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It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it
If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone
If you desire many things, many things will seem few
If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality
I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning
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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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