"Those things that hurt, instruct."
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Benjamin Franklin
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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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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
— Isaac Asimov
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage,…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at…
— Diane Ackerman
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All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the…
— Diane Ackerman
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Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning…
— Sai Baba
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I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap.
— Sebastian Bach
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
— Francis Bacon
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I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who…
— Erykah Badu
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I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's…
— Erykah Badu
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Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture…
— Anita Baker
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and…
— Ralph Bakshi
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged…
— Ansel Adams
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