"Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter." — Benjamin Franklin
"Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter."
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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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It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the…
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her…
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
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Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just…
— Christian Bale
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A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise…
— Honore de Balzac
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I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'
— Eric Bana
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I wouldn't want my daughters to date a guy like me. I was dangerous around women in my twenties. I'm…
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I…
— Pat Benatar
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Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons' outings with your children. As a family, go on campouts and picnics, to ball…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Since the beginning, a woman's first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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