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Letter "B" » Benjamin Franklin Quotes
«Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the world knows them 'twill despise thee and increase them»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
despise, discontents, increase, secrets, Thee, THY, twill
«To the discontented man no chair is easy»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Men
| Keywords:
chair, discontented, easy chair
«Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy»
«The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun»
«Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, and sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
gout, plague, sloth
«Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Enemies,
Friends
«Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Experience,
Foolishness
«When religious people quarrel about religion, or hungry people about their victuals, it looks as if they had not much of either about them»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
victuals
«Applause waits on success.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Applause
| Keywords:
applause, waits
«Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
counsel, take counsel
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