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Quotations by author » Benjamin Franklin
American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer, Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790
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Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast.
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Vanity backbites more than Malice.
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Vessels large may venture more, but little boats should keep near shore.
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Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice
Vice knows that she is ugly, so she puts on her mask.
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Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter.
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Visit your Aunt, but not every Day; and call at your Brother's, but not every night.
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Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge
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Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.
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Wars bring scars.
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Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything.
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We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
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We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acqu
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We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness.
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We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!
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We may give advice but we cannot give conduct
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We must all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately.
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We must hang together or assuredly we shall hang separately
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We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
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Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
Wealth
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