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Diligence Is The Mother Of Good Luck, And God Gives All Things To Industry. Work While It Is Called Today, For You Know Not How Much You May Be Hindered By Tomorrow. One Today Is Worth Two Tomorrows; Never Leave That Till Tomorrow Which You Can Do To-day.

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Diligence Is The Mother

Benjamin Franklin

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Diligence Is The Mother Of Good Luck, And God Gives All Things To Industry. Work While It Is Called Today, For You Know Not How Much You May Be Hindered By Tomorrow. One Today Is Worth Two Tomorrows; Never Leave That Till Tomorrow Which You Can Do To-day.

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An Enormous Proportion Of Property Vested In A Few Individuals Is Dangerous To The Rights, And Destructive Of The Common Happiness Of Mankind, And, Therefore, Every Free State Hath A Right By Its Laws To Discourage The Possession Of Such Property.

That There Is One God, Who Made All Things. That He Governs The World By His Providence. That He Might Be Worshipped By Adoration, Prayer, And Thanksgiving. But That The Most Acceptable Service Of God Is Doing Good To Man. That The Soul Is Immortal. And That God Will Certainly Reward Virtue And Punish Vice, Either Here Or Hereafter.

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Energy And Persistence Conquer All Things.

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Spare When Young, And Spend When Old.

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When Nature Gave Us Tears, She Gave Us Leave To Weep.

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In The Dark, All Cats Are Grey.

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Better Slip With Foot Than Tongue.

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There's No Gain, Without Pain.

Lying Rides Upon Debt's Back.

A Full Belly Brings Forth Every Evil.

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Whoever Shall Introduce Into Public Affairs The Principles Of Primitive Christianity Will Change The Face Of The World.

If All Printers Were Determined Not To Print Anything Till They Were Sure It Would Offend Nobody, There Would Be Very Little Printed.

Take Time For All Things: Great Haste Makes Great Waste.

Haste Makes Waste

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The Poor Man Must Walk To Get Meat For His Stomach, The Rich Man To Get A Stomach To His Meat.

You Don't Get Somebody To Like You By Doing Them A Favor. That Only Tends To Build Resentment Over The Fact That They Are Needy And You Are Not. No, You Ask Them To Do You A Favor.

Wise Men Learn By Others' Harms, Fools Scarcely By Their Own.

The Man That Walks Wit Crowd, Will Get No Farther Than The Crowd. The Man That Walks Alone, Will Reach Places Unknown.

In Order For Three People To Keep A Secret, Two Must Be Dead.

He Does Not Possess Wealth; It Possesses Him.

A Flatterer Never Seems Absurd: The Flatter'd Always Takes His Word.

A Good Example Is The Best Sermon.

I Believe ... That The Soul Of Man Is Immortal And Will Be Treated With Justice In Another Life, Respecting Its Conduct In This.

He That Composes Himself Is Wiser Than He That Composes A Book.

'tis True There Is Much To Be Done, . . . But Stick To It Steadily, And You Will See Great Effects, For Constant Dropping Wears Away Stones . . . And Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks, As Poor Richard Says. . . .

Opportunity Is The Great Bawd.

This Gave Me Occasion To Observe, That When Men Are Employ'd They Are Best Contented. For On The Days They Work'd They Were Good-natur'd And Chearful; And With The Consciousness Of Having Done A Good Days Work They Spent The Evenings Jollily; But On The Idle Days They Were Mutinous And Quarrelsome, Finding Fault With Their Pork, The Bread, And In Continual Ill-humour. (autobiography, 1771)

Marriage Is The Most Natural State Of Man, And Therefore The State In Which One Is Most Likely To Find Solid Happiness.

The Best Tranquilizer Is A Clear Conscience.

Clear Conscience

Let Honesty Be As The Breath Of Thy Soul; Then Shalt Thou Reach The Point Of Happiness, And Independence Shall Be Thy Shield And Buckler, Thy Helmet And Crown; Then Shall Thy Soul Walk Upright, Nor Stoop To The Silken Wretch Because He Hath Riches, Nor Pocket An Abuse Because The Hand Which Offers It Wears A Ring Set With Diamonds.

Great Talkers, Little Doers.

A Bargain Is Something You Have To Find A Use For Once You Have Bought It.

Experience Keeps A Dear School, But Fools Will Learn In No Other.

Without Justice, Courage Is Weak.

I Believe There Is One Supreme Most Perfect Being.

As Often As We Do Good, We Sacrifice.

There Have Been As Great Souls Unknown To Fame As Any Of The Most Famous.

On The Whole, Though I Never Arrived At The Perfection I Had Been So Ambitious Of Obtaining, But Fell Far Short Of It, Yet I Was, By The Endeavor, A Better And A Happier Man Than I Otherwise Should Have Been Had I Not Attempted It.

Electrical Matter Differs From Common Matter In This, That The Parts Of The Latter Mutually Attract, Those Of The Former Mutually Repel Each Other.

Do Not, However, Mistake Me. It Is Not To My Good Friend's Heresy That I Impute His Honesty. On The Contrary, 'tis His Honesty That Brought Upon Him The Character Of A Heretic.

Interest Which Blinds Some People, Enlightens Others.

Be Neither Silly, Nor Cunning, But Wise

If A Man Could Have Half Of His Wishes, He Would Double His Troubles.

Taxes Are Indeed Very Heavy - We Are Taxed Twice As Much By Our Idleness. Three Times As Much By Our Pride. And Four Times As Much By Our Folly.

Some Are Weatherwise, Some Are Otherwise.

Those Have A Short Lent Who Owe Money To Be Paid At Easter.

Resurrection Of Jesus Christ

I Would Advise You To Read With A Pen In Your Hand And Enter In A Little Book Short Hints Of What You Feel That Is Common Or That May Be Useful; For This Will Be The Best Method Of Imprinting Such Portcullis In Your Memory.

Take Time For All Things.

Haste Makes Waste

It Is The Man And Woman United That Makes The Complete Human Being. Separate She Lacks His Force Of Body And Strength Of Reason; He Her Softness, Sensibility And Acute Discernment. Together They Are Most Likely To Succeed In The World.

You Will Observe With Concern How Long A Useful Truth May Be Known, And Exist, Before It Is Generally Received And Practiced On.

Watch The Pennies And The Dollars Will Take Care Of Themselves.

Eat Few Suppers, And You'll Need Few Medicines.

Ill Customs And Bad Advice Are Seldom Forgotten.

For Age And Want Save While You May; No Morning Sun Lasts A Whole Day.

If We Give Up Freedom For Security, We Are In Danger Of Losing Both.

The Generous Mind Least Regards Money, And Yet Most Feels The Want Of It.

Eat Not To Dullness, Drink Not To Elevation.

Self Improvement

The Cat In Gloves Catches No Mice.

Let No Pleasure Tempt Thee, No Profit Allure Thee, No Persuasion Move Thee, To Do Anything Which Thou Knowest To Be Evil; So Shalt Thou Always Live Jollity; For A Good Conscience Is A Continual Christmas.

Friends Are The True Sceptres Of Princes.

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

A Traveller Should Have A Hog's Nose, A Deer's Legs, And An Ass's Back.

A Bible And A Newspaper In Every House, A Good School In Every District; All Studied And Appreciated As They Merit; Are The Principal Support Of Virtue, Morality, And Civil Liberty.

Diligence Is The Mother Of Good Luck.

There Are Three Sorts Of People In The World: Those Who Are Immovable, People Who Don't Get It, Or Don't Want To Do Anything About It; There Are People Who Are Movable, People Who See The Need For Change And Are Prepared To Listen To It; And There Are People Who Move, People Who Make Things Happen.

What I Am To Be, I Am Now Becoming.

Being Ignorant Is Not So Much A Shame, As Being Unwilling To Learn.

The First Mistake In Public Business Is The Going Into It.

War Is When The Government Tells You Who The Bad Guy Is. Revolution Is When You Decide That For Yourself.

No European Who Has Tasted Savage Life Can Afterwards Bear To Live In Our Societies.

Display Is As False As It Is Costly.

The Tongue Offends And The Ears Get The Cuffing

If You Do Tomorrow What You Did Today , You Will Get Tomorrow What You Got Today

While The Path To Wealth Is Clearly Marked, Few Are Willing To Adapt Themselves To The Modest Discipline That The Journey Requires. Instead, Most Choose The Shinier Track Of Debt-driven Consumption, Which They Find Further Along Is Covered In Vines And Thorns.

I Think That A Young State, Like A Young Virgin, Should Modestly Stay At Home, And Wait The Application Of Suitors For An Alliance With Her; And Not Run About Offering Her Amity To All The World; And Hazarding Their Refusal. Our Virgin Is A Jolly One; And Tho At Present Not Very Rich, Will In Time Be A Great Fortune, And Where She Has A Favorable Predisposition, It Seems To Me Well Worth Cultivating.

You Have Two Choices, Write About Something Of Significance Or Do Something Someone Wants To Write About.

A Man May, If He Knows Not How To Save As He Gets, Keep His Nose To The Grindstone.

Wish Not So Much To Live Long As To Live Well.

Strange Secrets Are Let Out By Death Who Blabs So Oft The Follies Of This World.

All Wars Are Follies, Very Expensive And Very Mischievous Ones. In My Opinion, There Never Was A Good War Or A Bad Peace. When Will Mankind Be Convinced And Agree To Settle Their Difficulties By Arbitration?

Industry And Frugality, As The Means Of Procuring Wealth . . . Thereby [secures] Virtue, It Being More Difficult For A Man In Want To Act Always Honestly. . . .

Anger Warms The Invention, But Overheats The Oven.

Moderation In All Things - Including Moderation.

Be Sober And Temperate, And You Will Be Healthy.

I Wish It Were Possible, From This Instance, To Invent A Method Of Embalming Drowned Persons In Such A Manner That They May Be Recalled To Life At Any Period, However Distant; For Having A Very Ardent Desire To See And Observe The State Of America A Hundred Years Hence, I Should Prefer To Any Ordinary Death The Being Immersed In A Cask Of Madeira Wine With A Few Friends Till That Time, To Be Then Recalled To Life By The Solar Warmth Of My Dear Country!

The Same Man Cannot Be Both Friend And Flatterer.

The Key That Unlocks A Door Is A Key To Keep If You Want To Go Through That Door Again.

Since I Cannot Govern My Own Tongue, Though Within My Own Teeth, How Can I Hope To Govern The Tongue Of Others?

"we Hold These Truths To Be Sacred And Undeniable" In A Draft Of The Declaration Of Independence Changes It Instead Into An Assertion Of Rationality. The Scientific Mind Of Franklin Drew On The Scientific Determinism Of Isaac Newton And The Analytic Empiricism Of David Hume And Gottfried Leibniz. In What Became Known As "hume's Fork" The Latters' Theory Distinguished Between Synthetic Truths That Describe Matters Of Fact, And Analytic Truths That Are Self-evident By Virtue Of Reason And Definition.

Experience Is The Best Teacher, But A Fool Will Learn From No Other.

...it Is Prodigious The Quantity Of Good That May Be Done By One Man If He Will Make A Business Of It.

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