"Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming" — Benjamin Franklin
"Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming"
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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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That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world,…
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You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're…
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Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach…
— Richard Bach
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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you…
— Francis Bacon
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It's just very homey in Ireland. It's very comforting and comfortable. There's lots of fireplaces with fires. It's just really…
— Amy Adams
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Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work…
— James A. Baldwin
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In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled…
— Charles Kendall Adams
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
— P T Barnum
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The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
— Dave Barry
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I was one of the hardest-hitting conservatives on George W. Bush. Republicans didn't like me on George W. Bush. Republicans…
— Glenn Beck
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Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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