"Setting too good an Example is a Kind……" — Benjamin Franklin
"Setting too good an Example is a Kind of slander seldom forgiven."
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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 love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become…
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Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that…
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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but…
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Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
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Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of…
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Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for…
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The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. Dennis Rodman…
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Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to…
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
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I would point out that if you're a believer in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood…
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The examples of the Obama Administration 'stimulating' jobs everywhere on the planet except here in America are endless.
— Bob Beauprez
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