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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

«If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.»
«Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.»
«That it is better that 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer, is a maxim that has been long and generally approved.»
«Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.»
«Teach your child to hold his tongue, he'll learn fast enough to speak.»
«A good example is the best sermon.»
«Interest which blinds some People, enlightens others.»
«Nothing but Money,Is sweeter than Honey»
«What you would seem to be, be really.»
«Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.»