Benjamin Franklin Quotes
1706 - 1790
US Author, Inventor
Enjoy this collection of famous quotes and sayings by Benjamin Franklin:
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If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
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At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; and at 40 the judgment.
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Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get leisure.
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He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
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Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?
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If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
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You may delay, but time will not.
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Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
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He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
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more Benjamin Franklin Quotes:
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.
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To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
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Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
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A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
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Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
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A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
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Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
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Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
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Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
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Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
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It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
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Never confuse motion with action.
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Glass, china and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.
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He that can have patience can have what he will.
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Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
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All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
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Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
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If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
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One today is worth two tomorrows.
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The doors of wisdom are never shut.
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If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
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Lost time is never found again.
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Energy and persistence conquer all things.
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A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
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Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen.
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Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
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Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
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Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
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An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
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It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
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He that rises late must trot all day.
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If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
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When in doubt, don't.
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A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
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Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
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He that cannot obey, cannot command.
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We must all hang together, or assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
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