"I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that……" — Benjamin Franklin
"I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man's Gold into Lead."
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Benjamin Franklin
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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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A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in…
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The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of…
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More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot…
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Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.
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I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of…
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A gold standard doesn't imply stability in the prices of the goods and services that people buy every day, it…
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Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this…
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Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a…
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I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.
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