"What science can there be more noble, more……" — Benjamin Franklin
"What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative, than this of mathematics?"
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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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Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on…
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How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is…
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Gorbachev's stance contrasts admirably with the policy of the sainted Abraham Lincoln, who used massive force and mass murder to…
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It is the mission of the pedagogue, not to make his pupils think, but to make them think right, and…
— H. L. Mencken
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Educating Lawyers succeeds admirably in describing the educational programs at virtually every American law school. The call for the integration…
— Unknown Author
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Show me a person without prejudice of any kind on any subject and I'll show you someone who may be…
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None can teach admirably if not loving his task.
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Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us…
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Exploring Ecclesiology is true to its subtitle, being both vibrantly evangelical and admirably ecumenical; it is commendable for its depth,…
— Carl E. Olson
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Chrysostom, I remember, mentions a twofold book of God: the book of the creatures, and the book of the scriptures.…
— Cotton Mather
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Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime-if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only…
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