"Many estates are spent in the getting, since……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting, and men for punch forsake hewing and splitting."
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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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London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's…
— David Bailey
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I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that…
— Alec Baldwin
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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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Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location.
— Jeff Bezos
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
— Ambrose Bierce
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If you've driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it's like a golf course... Real estate values go…
— Adam Carolla
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For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses…
— Jackie Chan
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because…
— Ted Allen
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A few months ago, I had the pleasure of actually visiting the Playboy Mansion. I saw the peacocks, fed grapes…
— Diablo Cody
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Ann Taylor - great name, great real estate, shitty business. Gap -great name, great real estate, declining business. J.Crew -…
— Millard Drexler
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Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Justice, not expedience, must be the guiding light. The orator must fix his eye on the polestar of justice, and…
— John Peter Altgeld
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