"At the working man’s house, hunger looks in……" — Benjamin Franklin

"At the working man’s house, hunger looks in but dares not enter."

— Benjamin Franklin

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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin has 1,166 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we…
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of…
[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution…
It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped
I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a…
Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for…
Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One today is…
It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be…
It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.

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Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. — Mary Kay Ash
Dare to risk public criticism. — Mary Kay Ash
There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk. — Drew Barrymore
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. — John Adams
You can only be as good as you dare to be bad. — John Barrymore
Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature? — Charles Baudelaire
I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again.… — Jean Baudrillard
I dare not drink before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking… — John Bonham
I'm as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes - and I will dare to say to you… — Bono
I think that marriage is, dare I say it, between a man and a woman, hopefully for life and there… — Tony Abbott
There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of… — David Bowie
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. — Anne Bronte

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