"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." — Benjamin Franklin
"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."
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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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I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as…
— Margaret Atwood
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As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic.
— Michelle Bachelet
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I have to recognize that I am agnostic.
— Antonio Banderas
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Both need each other: The agnostic cannot be content to not know, but must be in search of the great…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I was an agnostic until I realized that I had to choose between God and fate. The idea that humanity…
— Andrea Bocelli
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The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith…
— William Jennings Bryan
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I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist…
— Isaac Asimov
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The average businessman began to be agnostic, not so much because he did not know where he was, as because…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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People will then often say, 'But surely it's better to remain an Agnostic just in case?' This, to me, suggests…
— Douglas Adams
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I have always considered "Pascal's Wager" a questionable bet to place. Any God worth "believing in" would surely prefer an…
— Alan Dershowitz
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The most satisfying and ecstatic faith is almost purely agnostic. It trusts absolutely without professing to know at all.
— H. L. Mencken
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The prayer of the agnostic: "O God, if there is a God, save my soul if I have a soul."
— Ernest Renan
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