Benjamin Franklin
United States
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
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If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing
Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight
Diligence is the mother of good luck
Creditors have better memories than debtors
Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail
Beware the hobby that eats
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship
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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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