"'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly……" — Benjamin Franklin
"'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury."
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1,167 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin has 1,167 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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More Despise Quotes
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one of 548 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
— Marcus Aurelius
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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
— James A. Baldwin
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For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the…
— Annie Besant
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Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is…
— John O. Brennan
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Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be…
— Alton Brown
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Mind you, I've always been a very off-message type of fat broad; one who gladly admits she reached the size…
— Julie Burchill
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Being a monarchist, and fawning over those 'above' you, you must naturally despise those 'below' or on the same socioeconomic…
— Julie Burchill
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Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
— Noam Chomsky
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I am circumcised, and I tell you something, I despise it. I despise it. I despise it... I am completely…
— Howard Stern
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of…
— William Cowper
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Where one despises, one cannot wage war.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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