"Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on…" — Benjamin Franklin
"Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask."
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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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More Mask Quotes
This quote is filed under Mask Quotes,
one of 729 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.
— Victoria Abril
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Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
— James A. Baldwin
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Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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In a deep metaphysical sense, all that is conditioned is illusory. All phenomena are literally 'appearances,' the outer masks in…
— Annie Besant
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You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then…
— Terry Bradshaw
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You learn to rely on a few basic movements and use your voice to the greatest extent possible to convey…
— Helena Bonham Carter
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I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be…
— Helena Bonham Carter
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How horrible, fantastic, incredible, it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a…
— Neville Chamberlain
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Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims…
— Anna Maria Chavez
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Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce…
— Lord Chesterfield
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