"Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure,……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it."
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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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More Buying Quotes
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one of 804 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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Buying is a profound pleasure.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.
— Ed Begley, Jr.
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In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real…
— James Belushi
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When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. You should be…
— Lewis Black
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Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.
— Roy Blount, Jr.
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Collecting is more than just buying objects.
— Eli Broad
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Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the…
— Joyce Brothers
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Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer…
— Jerry Brown
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Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.
— Warren Buffett
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I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want…
— Sandra Bullock
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