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Keep Out Of The Sight Of Feasts And Banquets As Much As May Be; For 'tis More Difficult To Refrain Good Cheer, When It's Present, Than From The Desire Of It When It Is Away; The Like You May Observe In The Objects Of All The Other Senses.

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Benjamin Franklin

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Keep Out Of The Sight Of Feasts And Banquets As Much As May Be; For 'tis More Difficult To Refrain Good Cheer, When It's Present, Than From The Desire Of It When It Is Away; The Like You May Observe In The Objects Of All The Other Senses.

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When In Doubt, Don't.

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Have A Good Day

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When You Are In Debt, Then You Are A Slave.

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Time Is The Stuff Life Is Made Of.

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Observe All Men, Thyself Most.

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Moderation In All Things - Including Moderation.

Mary's Mouth Cost Her Nothing For She Never Opens It But At Others' Expense.

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At Twenty Years Of Age The Will Reigns; At Thirty, The Wit; And At Forty, The Judgment.

When You're Finished Changing, You're Finished.

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E'er You Remark Another's Sin, Bid Your Own Conscience Look Within.

It Is The Working Man Who Is The Happy Man. It Is The Idle Man Who Is The Miserable Man.

An Investment In Knowledge Pays The Best Interest.

In This World Nothing Can Be Said To Be Certain, Except Death And Taxes.

Lighthouses Are More Helpful Than Churches.

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