"Let thy discontents be thy secrets" — Benjamin Franklin
"Let thy discontents be thy secrets"
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Benjamin Franklin
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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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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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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is…
— Teresa of Avila
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I think 'Dilbert' will remain popular as long as employees are frustrated and they fear the consequences of complaining too…
— Scott Adams
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Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed…
— Noam Chomsky
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For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough…
— B R Ambedkar
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Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men…
— Susan B. Anthony
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The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly,…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The difference between ambition and discontent is quite a fine line and sometimes it is hard to tell which is…
— Rachel Field
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Discovery comes as a result of positive discontent, a constructive dissatisfaction. In fact, one might quite truthfully say that there…
— Unknown Author
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Creativity is discontent translated into arts.
— Eric Hoffer
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Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.
— William Shakespeare
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Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
— Berthold Auerbach
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