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Benjamin Franklin quotes

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“Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“There are no gains without pains.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship; and again, who dainties love, shall beggars prove; and moreover, fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“'Tis hard for an empty bag to stand upright.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“There was great difference in persons; and discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Nothing so likely to make a man's fortune as virtue.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forc'd by...” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“A man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps thro' fear of being thought to have but little.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“So convenient a thing is it to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“In short, I conceive that great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by the false estimates they have made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their whistles.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hope will die fasting.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Immodest words admit of no defense, for want of modesty is want of sense.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Reading was the only amusement I allow'd myself. I spent no time in taverns, games, or frolicks of any kind; and my industry in my business continu'd as indefatigable as it was necessary.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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