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Letter "B" » Benjamin Franklin Quotes
«Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Marriage
| Keywords:
natural state, solid
«Are you angry that others disappoint you? remember you cannot depend upon yourself»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Anger
| Keywords:
depend upon, disappoint
«Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
Mothers And Daughters
«He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
loses, sells, trust
«When 'tis fair be sure take your Great coat with you»
«The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
affairs, convincing, Empire, governs, man of affairs, notice, probable, proofs, See of, sparrow, Sparrows, The Sparrow
«If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.»
«Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
costing, costs, counsel, counseled, counseling, countenance, countenanced, countenances, courtesies, courtesy, niggardly, Thee
«Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the road he sees wrapped up in the fog, as well as those behind him, and also the people in the fields on each side, but near him all appears clear, though in truth he is as much in the fog as any of them.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Humility,
Judgement,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
fog, foggy, travelling, wrapped
«One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
body, cunning, cunning man, one-man
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