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Letter "B" » Benjamin Franklin Quotes
«Marry your Son when you will, but your Daughter when you can.»
«Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their Skin.»
«The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can touch»
«Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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Idleness
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Dead Sea
«None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing»
«A Traveller should have a hog's nose, deer's legs, and an ass's back»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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deer, hog, traveller
«Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay great ones - with ingratitude»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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favors, ingratitude, repay
«He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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coals, quarrels, sparks
«A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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benevolent, countenance
«An innocent Plowman is more worthy than a vicious Prince.»
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