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Letter "B" » Benjamin Franklin Quotes
«Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.»
«The things which hurt, instruct.»
«There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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faithful, ready money
«Mary's mouth costs her nothing, for she never opens it but at others expense»
«Consider then, when you are tempted to buy any unnecessary Housholdstuff, or any superfluous thing, whether you will be willing to pay Interest, and Interest upon Interest for it as long as you live; and more if it grows worse by using»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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superfluous
«Great spenders are bad lenders.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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lender, lenders
«No workman without tools,/ Nor Lawyer without Fools,/ Can live by their Rules.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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workman
«At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty, the judgment.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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of age, reigns
«Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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Writers
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quoted, respectfully
«To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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Knowledge
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proud of
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