"Consider how hard it is to change yourself……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others."
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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
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Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for…
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Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
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Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One today is…
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It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
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