"Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous"
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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 Honor Quotes
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one of 2,471 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to…
— Aristotle
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
— Aristotle
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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
— Aristotle
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People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and…
— Tom Arnold
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We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor…
— Mary Kay Ash
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The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
— Saint Augustine
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A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
— Marcus Aurelius
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It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
— Emilie Autumn
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Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed…
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like -…
— Jim Bakker
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To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity…
— Douglas Adams
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