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 know the value of money, go and try to borrow some
Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead
Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise
If you would be loved, love and be lovable
The pen is mightier than the sword
There never was a good war or a bad peace
You may delay, but time will not
Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame
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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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