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
A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like the odd… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
That there is one God, who made all things. That he governs the world by his providence. That he might be worshipped… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on.… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Governments having failed the people, the people are entirely justified in assuming for themselves and essential role in government. Where a government… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I say it is impossible that so sensible a people [citizens of Paris], under such circumstances, should have lived so long by… — 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
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good. — 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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