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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

«The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.»
«Vice knows that she is ugly, so she puts on her mask.»
«Energy and persistence alter all things.»
«A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.»
«He that knows nothing of it, may by chance be a Prophet; while the wisest that is may happen to miss. The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach for his meat.»
«Well done, is twice done.»
«God helps them that help themselves.»
«Enjoy the present hour, be mindful of the past; And neither fear nor wish the Approaches of the last. Learn of the skilful: He that teaches himself, hath a fool for his master.»
«Observe all men; thy self most.»
«It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.»