"Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably. . . ."
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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 Agreeably Quotes
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than…
— Francis Bacon
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I know not any season of life that is past more agreeably than virtuous old age.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in…
— George Washington
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When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to…
— Hippocrates
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I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact,…
— William John Wills
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Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way…
— Claude M. Bristol
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All black people who are even minimally conscious, black people who have ever experienced Europe's technological power crusading in the…
— Lewis Nkosi
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Women speak at an earlier age, more easily, and more agreeably than men; they are accused also of speaking more;…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.
— Hayley Atwell
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Life is short, if we are only said to live when we enjoy ourselves; and if we were merely to…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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They turned to Angel. "We will call you Little One," the leader said, obviously deciding to dispense with the whole…
— James Patterson
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If you paid me for work," continued Max, whose rhetoric was more sophisticated than you might expect from a man…
— Richard Russo
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