"Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments"
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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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Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.
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