"Many a long dispute among divines may be……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so."
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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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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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More Abridged Quotes
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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
— Charles Babbage
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There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary.
— Dave Barry
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Some of us find our lives abridged even before the paperback comes out.
— Berkeley Breathed
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The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion…
— James Madison
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Every abridgement of a good book is a fool abridged.
— Michel de Montaigne
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All... natural rights may be abridged or modified in [their] exercise by law.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of…
— James Madison
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In the index to the six hundred odd pages of Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History, abridged version, the names…
— Arthur Koestler
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Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state…
— Alice Paul
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Wherever the title of streets and parks may rest, they have immemorially been held in trust for the use of…
— Jason Epstein
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By the laws of rectitude accused Persons, however atrocious their offences, are allowed to make their defence, and by a…
— Judith Sargent Murray
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The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the…
— James Madison
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