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Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)


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ActionNever confuse motion with action.
AvariceAvarice and happiness never saw each other, how then should they become acquainted?
DeathIn this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
DemocracyDemocracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
DoctorsGod heals, and the doctor take the fee.
faultsLove your enemies, for they tell you your faults.
forgiveness'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an injury.
FreedomPeople who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security.
GovernmentThere is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
ignoranceHe was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
MarriageWhere there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
MarriageKeep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
MemoryCreditors have better memories than debtors.
OrationHere comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.
SecretsThree may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
War and peaceThere never was a good war or a bad peace.
WealthA little house well filled, a little field well tilled, and a little wife well willed, are great riches.
WealthWho is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
wishesIf a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.
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