Benjamin Franklin
United States
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
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Tart words make no friends; a spoonful or honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves
Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours
Remember that credit is money
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment
Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright
Our necessities never equal our wants
Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors
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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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