"Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy…" — Benjamin Franklin
"Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices."
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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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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let…
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the…
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people,…
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the…
— Saint Augustine
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by…
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I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but…
— Marcus Aurelius
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We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a…
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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being…
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To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.
— Jane Austen
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