"Fond pride of dress is sure a very…" — Benjamin Franklin
"Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse"
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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin has 1,166 quotes on this site.
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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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Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we…
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Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of…
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[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution…
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It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped
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I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a…
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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 seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be…
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It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
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More Curse Quotes
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one of 924 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
— Hannah Arendt
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I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid…
— Paul Auster
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I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel,…
— Michele Bachmann
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
— Saint Basil
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Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast…
— Joseph Addison
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With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it…
— Ambrose Bierce
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I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and…
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
— William S. Burroughs
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Some comics really thrive on being disrespectful, especially toward women, and it's somehow understood as edgy, but I'm the opposite.…
— Bryan Callen
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I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.
— Andrew Carnegie
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