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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

He that spends a Groat a day idly, spends idly above 6 l. a year, which is the Price of using 100 l Picture Quote #1

If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle Picture Quote #1

Time Like a petal in the wind Flows softly by As old lives are taken New ones begin A continual chain Which lasts throughout eternity Every life but a minute in time But each of equal importance Picture Quote #1

Americans understand that one of our great national strengths is innovation. Great innovators - Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and others - are household names Picture Quote #1

... there is much truth in the Italian saying, ‘Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.’ Picture Quote #1

The English love an insult. It’s their only test of a man’s sincerity Picture Quote #1

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He that won’t be counseled can’t be helped. He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter Picture Quote #1

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended Picture Quote #1

There are plenty of Minutemen. People willing to be Minutemen. Where are the people that want to be George Washington? Where are the Benjamin Franklins? Where is Sam Adams? Where is John Adams? Picture Quote #1

Reagan’s half a disciple of Benjamin Franklin. He believes in early to bed Picture Quote #1

Benjamin Franklin went through life an altered man because he once paid too dearly for a penny whistle. My concern springs usually from a deeper source, to wit, from having bought a whistle when I did not want one Picture Quote #1

Benjamin Franklin refused to have one of his children vaccinated against smallpox. The four-year-old boy died, and Franklin wrote later of how mistaken he was to expose him to the needless risk Picture Quote #1

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God heals, and the doctor takes the fees. Energy and persistence conquer all things. He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! Oh, it’s easier to keep Holidays than Commandments. Well done is better than well said Picture Quote #1

Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life Picture Quote #1

Anyone can complain, and they should have the right to, but if you want to see change you must act. Actions speak louder than words. Don’t complain about things, change things Picture Quote #1

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being Picture Quote #1

The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown Picture Quote #1

O Lazy bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design’d thou should’st use them? Picture Quote #1

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[It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the English and . . . the Revolutionary War Picture Quote #1

In Truth I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I am grown old, and my Memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it Picture Quote #1

For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly Picture Quote #1

Men’s minds do not die with their bodies but are made more happy or miserable after this life according to their actions Picture Quote #1

There cannot be a stronger natural right than that of a man’s making the best profit he can of the natural produce of his lands Picture Quote #1

If you’d be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession Picture Quote #1

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You may sometimes be much in the Wrong, in owning your being in the Right Picture Quote #1

He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face. - Ben Franklin Picture Quote #1

Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation Picture Quote #1

As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly Picture Quote #1

[John] Adams never hid his jealousy and resentment of the other Founders, especially Benjamin Franklin Picture Quote #1

Benjamin Franklin maintained that every star is a sun, and every sun nourishes a ‘chorus of worlds’ just like ours Picture Quote #1

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He that spends a Groat a day idly, spends idly above 6 l. a year, which is the Price of using 100 l (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Time Like a petal in the wind Flows softly by As old lives are taken New ones begin A continual chain Which lasts throughout eternity Every life but a minute in time But each of equal importance (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Americans understand that one of our great national strengths is innovation. Great innovators - Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and others - are household names (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) ... there is much truth in the Italian saying, ‘Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.’ (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) The English love an insult. It’s their only test of a man’s sincerity (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) He that won’t be counseled can’t be helped. He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) There are plenty of Minutemen. People willing to be Minutemen. Where are the people that want to be George Washington? Where are the Benjamin Franklins? Where is Sam Adams? Where is John Adams? (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Reagan’s half a disciple of Benjamin Franklin. He believes in early to bed (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Benjamin Franklin went through life an altered man because he once paid too dearly for a penny whistle. My concern springs usually from a deeper source, to wit, from having bought a whistle when I did not want one (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Benjamin Franklin refused to have one of his children vaccinated against smallpox. The four-year-old boy died, and Franklin wrote later of how mistaken he was to expose him to the needless risk (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) God heals, and the doctor takes the fees. Energy and persistence conquer all things. He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! Oh, it’s easier to keep Holidays than Commandments. Well done is better than well said (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Anyone can complain, and they should have the right to, but if you want to see change you must act. Actions speak louder than words. Don’t complain about things, change things. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) O Lazy bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design’d thou should’st use them? (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) [It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the English and . . . the Revolutionary War. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) In Truth I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I am grown old, and my Memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Men’s minds do not die with their bodies but are made more happy or miserable after this life according to their actions. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) There cannot be a stronger natural right than that of a man’s making the best profit he can of the natural produce of his lands. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) If you’d be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) You may sometimes be much in the Wrong, in owning your being in the Right (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face. - Ben Franklin (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) [John] Adams never hid his jealousy and resentment of the other Founders, especially Benjamin Franklin. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes) Benjamin Franklin maintained that every star is a sun, and every sun nourishes a ‘chorus of worlds’ just like ours. (Benjamin Franklin Quotes)

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