Benjamin Franklin
United States
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
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Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest
All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it
A small leak can sink a great ship
A penny saved is a penny earned
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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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