"Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy."
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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
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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…
- It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped
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- Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for…
- Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
- Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One today is…
- It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be…
- It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.