That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . .… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty, the judgment. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
When about 16 Years of Age, I happened to meet with a Book written by one Tryon, recommending a Vegetable Diet. I… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Scarcely was I arrived at fifteen years of age, when, after having doubted in turn of different tenets, according as I found… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that 'except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The rapid progress of the sciences makes me sorry, at times, that I was born so soon. Imagine the power that man… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
It might be judged an affront to your understanding should I go about to prove this first principle; the existence of a… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
For age and want save while you may, No morning sun lasts a whole day. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
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