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When Confronted With Two Courses Of Action I Jot Down On A Piece Of Paper All The Arguments In Favor Of Each One, Then On The Opposite Side I Write The Arguments Against Each One. Then By Weighing The Arguments Pro And Con And Cancelling Them Out, One Against The Other, I Take The Course Indicated By What Remains.

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When Confronted With Two

Benjamin Franklin

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When Confronted With Two Courses Of Action I Jot Down On A Piece Of Paper All The Arguments In Favor Of Each One, Then On The Opposite Side I Write The Arguments Against Each One. Then By Weighing The Arguments Pro And Con And Cancelling Them Out, One Against The Other, I Take The Course Indicated By What Remains.

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I Have Lived, Sir, A Long Time And 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? We Have Been Assured, Sir, In The Sacred Writings That "except The Lord Build They Labor In Vain That Build It." I Firmly Believe This; And I Also Believe That Without His Concurring Aid We Shall Succeed In This Political Building No Better Than The Builders Of Babel

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He That Would Fish, Must Venture His Bait.

If You Want A Neat Wife, Choose Her On A Saturday.

Men And Melons Are Hard To Know.

Much Virtue In Herbs, Little In Men.

Hunger Never Saw Bad Bread.

To Succeed, Jump As Quickly At Opportunities As You Do At Conclusions.

The Good Or Ill Hap Of A Good Or Ill Life, Is The Good Or Ill Choice Of A Good Or Ill Wife.

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What I Am To Be, I Am Now Becoming.

When You're Testing To See How Deep Water Is, Never Use Two Feet.

Love Of Country Is The Mason's Deed; World Citizenship Is His Thought.

Many Complain Of Their Memory, Few Of Their Judgment.

There Is Nothing Wrong With Retirement As Long As One Doesn't Allow It To Interfere With One's Work.

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Innocence Is Its Own Defense.

He That Is Good For Making Excuses Is Seldom Good For Anything Else.

He That Raises A Large Family Does, Indeed, While He Lives To Observe Them, Stand A Broader Mark For Sorrow; But Then He Stands A Broader Mark For Pleasure Too.

The Used Key Is Always Bright.

A House Is Not A Home Unless It Contains Food And Fire For The Mind As Well As The Body.

The Cat In Gloves Catches No Mice.

A Lie Stands On One Leg, Truth On Two.

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He That Sells Upon Credit Expects To Lose 5 Per Cent. By Bad Debts; Therefore He Charges, On All He Sells Upon Credit, An Advance That Shall Make Up That Deficiency.

When Circumstances Don't Fit Our Ideas They Become Our Difficulties

An Ounce Of Wit That Is Bought, Is Worth A Pound That Is Taught.

Never Spare The Parson's Wine Nor The Baker's Pudding

Search Others For Their Virtues, Thyself For Thy Vices.

Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk

Those Who Sacrifice Essential Liberty For Temporary Safety Are Not Deserving Of Either Liberty Or Safety.

Get What You Can, And What You Get Hold; 'tis The Stone That Will Turn All Your Lead Into Gold.

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A Highwayman Is As Much A Robber When He Plunders In A Gang As When Single; And A Nation That Makes An Unjust War Is Only A Great Gang.

The Proof Of Gold Is Fire.

Write Your Injuries In Dust, Your Benefits In Marble.

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By Heaven We Understand A State Of Happiness Infinite In Degree, And Endless In Duration.

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

It Is Only When The Rich Are Sick That They Fully Feel The Impotence Of Wealth.

Think Of These Things, Whence You Came, Where You Are Going, And To Whom You Must Account.

An Investment In Knowledge Pays The Best Interest. When It Comes To Investing, Nothing Will Pay Off More Than Educating Yourself. Do The Necessary Research, Study And Analysis Before Making Any Investment Decisions.

It Is Hard For An Empty Bag To Stand Upright.

If You Fail To Plan, You Are Planning To Fail!

The Handshake Of The Host Affects The Taste Of The Roast

A Man Wrapped Up In Himself Makes A Very Small Bundle.

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Christians Are Directed To Have Faith In Christ, As The Effectual Means Of Obtaining The Change They Desire.

Men Are Subject To Various Inconveniences Merely Through Lack Of A Small Share Of Courage, Which Is A Quality Very Necessary In The Common Occurrences Of Life, As Well As In A Battle. How Many Impertinences Do We Daily Suffer With Great Uneasiness, Because We Have Not Courage Enough To Discover Our Dislike.

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On Being Asked What Condition Of Man He Considered The Most Pitiable: A Lonesome Man On A Rainy Day Who Does Not Know How To Read.

An Iron Rod Being Placed On The Outside Of A Building From The Highest Part Continued Down Into The Moist Earth, In Any Direction Strait Or Crooked, Following The Form Of The Roof Or Other Parts Of The Building, Will Receive The Lightning At Its Upper End, Attracting It So As To Prevent It's Striking Any Other Part; And, Affording It A Good Conveyance Into The Earth, Will Prevent Its Damaging Any Part Of The Building.

After Crosses And Losses Men Grow Humbler And Wiser.

Don't Put Off Until Tomorrow What You Can Do Today.

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He That Goes A Borrowing Goes A Sorrowing.

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An Old Man In A House Is A Good Sign.

The People Heard It, And Approved The Doctrine, And Immediately Practiced The Contrary.

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Hunger Is The Best Pickle.

Ambition Has Its Disappointments To Sour Us, But Never The Good Fortune To Satisfy Us.

Never Ruin An Apology With An Excuse.

A Long Life May Not Be Good Enough, But A Good Life Is Long Enough.

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