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Find important quotes and citations by the author Benjamin Franklin.
Quote 1980
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.More quotes on the topics: christmas
Quote 1970
A good conscience is a continual Christmas.More quotes on the topics: christmas
Quote 1876
Fear not death, for the sooner we die the longer we shall be immortalMore quotes on the topics: fear death eternity condolence consolation
Quote 1491
The doors of wisdom are never shutQuote 1485
Honesty is the best policyQuote 1411
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shameQuote 1320
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the bodyMore quotes on the topics: home eat and drink mind body security
Quote 1167
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good onesQuote 1015
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of itMore quotes on the topics: world affair saving faith desires
Quote 913
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourselfMore quotes on the topics: law opportunity chance happiness effort responsibility
Quote 862
Beauty and folly are old companionsQuote 800
Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriageMore quotes on the topics: marriage love indifference opportunity risk affair
Quote 715
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwardsMore quotes on the topics: marriage attention serenity harmony tolerance
Quote 585
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; and at 40 the judgmentQuote 548
If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinkingMore quotes on the topics: unity mind critism people opinion
Quote 515
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friendsMore quotes on the topics: friendship changes hostility intelligence
Quote 512
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it form himMore quotes on the topics: mind learning property value wisdom
Quote 510
When in doubt, don’tMore quotes on the topics: decision doubt weakness responsibility
Quote 476
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamyMore quotes on the topics: pride eat and drink poverty wastage
Quote 474
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wifeMore quotes on the topics: marriage education family duty indifference laziness superficiality
Quote 452
To cease to think creatively is but little different from ceasing to liveMore quotes on the topics: creativity transience difference mind
Quote 413
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writingMore quotes on the topics: interest worth performance work
Quote 381
Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happyMore quotes on the topics: eat and drink proof love happiness enjoyment
Quote 290
An investment in knowledge pays the best interestMore quotes on the topics: money property knowledge success wisdom
Quote 135
Any fool can critizise, condemn and complain – and most fools doMore quotes on the topics: critism stupidity complaint condemnation reality
Quote 52
Well done is better than well saidQuote 51
He that can have patience can have what he willQuote 50
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to failMore quotes on the topics: preparation conscientiousness accuracy superficiality risk
Quote 37
Lost time is never found againMore quotes on the topics: transience losses finality
Quote 30
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.More quotes on the topics: knowledge experience earnings economy wisdom
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He does not possess wealth, it possesses him.More quotes on the topics: control constraint dominance wealth possession
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A penny saved is a penny earned