"He is ill clothed that is bare of…" — Benjamin Franklin

"He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue."

— 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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Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur. — Matthew Arnold
I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was… — Cate Blanchett
Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the… — Anton Chekhov
We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. — Winston Churchill
I usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean I'm a girl that likes the storms. I love… — Tori Amos
Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than… — Ivo Andric
I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare… — Jean Reno
Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut… — Samuel Hoffenstein
An unsurpassed master of the art of laying bare the inmost core of spiritual truth. — Unknown Author
The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum, the loose husks whisk skyward… — Aldo Leopold
In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when… — Alexander Smith
The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away.… — Sun Tzu

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