Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Benjamin Franklin quotes, Benjamin Franklin sayings, and Benjamin Franklin proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.Benjamin Franklin
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Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices.Benjamin Franklin
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If we do do not hang together then we will surely hang separately. Benjamin Franklin
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War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.Benjamin Franklin
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Reckless haste makes poor speed.Benjamin Franklin
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Reckless youth makes rueful age.Benjamin Franklin
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The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.Benjamin Franklin
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Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.Benjamin Franklin
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I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.Benjamin Franklin
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A little neglect may breed great mischief.Benjamin Franklin
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A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of the shoe the horse was lost; for want of the horse the rider was lost--being overtaken and slain by an enemy--all for the want of care about a horse-shoe nail.Benjamin Franklin
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They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent.Benjamin Franklin
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Never confuse motion with action.Benjamin Franklin
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If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.Benjamin Franklin
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Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse.Benjamin Franklin
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Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.Benjamin Franklin
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Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.Benjamin Franklin
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A light purse is a heavy curse.Benjamin Franklin
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Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.Benjamin Franklin
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Fatigue is the best pillow.Benjamin Franklin
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Never ruin an apology with an excuse.Benjamin Franklin
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The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.Benjamin Franklin
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Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Benjamin Franklin
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Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.Benjamin Franklin
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Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.Benjamin Franklin
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He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.Benjamin Franklin
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Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.Benjamin Franklin
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The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.Benjamin Franklin
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In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.Benjamin Franklin
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A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.Benjamin Franklin