"If you know how to spend less than……" — Benjamin Franklin
"If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone."
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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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[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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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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There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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