"Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you……" — Benjamin Franklin

"Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep."

— Benjamin Franklin

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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin has 1,166 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we…
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of…
[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
I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a…
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.

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More Corn Quotes

This quote is filed under Corn Quotes, one of 312 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Today's smartest advertising style is tomorrow's corn. — William Bernbach
The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched… — Roberto Benigni
Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon… — Mark Bittman
All the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911. — Lewis Black
The worst thing about Halloween is, of course, candy corn. It's unbelievable to me. Candy corn is the only candy… — Lewis Black
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. — Anne Bronte
From cheesecake on a stick to meat skewers to deep-fried bananas on a stick - there are no plates anymore.… — Steve Carell
Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I… — Hugo Chavez
My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts - with corn on the cob, but no… — Tori Amos
The fullest and best ears of corn hang lowest toward the ground. — Unknown Author
The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum, the loose husks whisk skyward… — Aldo Leopold

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