"On the whole, though I never arrived at……" — Benjamin Franklin
"On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet as I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it"
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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
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Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
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