"Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances."
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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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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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