"Who is rich? He that rejoices in his…" — Benjamin Franklin
"Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion."
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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 Portion Quotes
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Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things,…
— Francis Bacon
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I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the…
— William Blake
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A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable…
— James Boswell
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Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great…
— Sitting Bull
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No one has proof that I know of, that a higher power exists, yet a major portion of the world…
— Sandra Bullock
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In order to fix Social Security, we must restructure it so that we continue to provide for our Nation's seniors…
— Herman Cain
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I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that…
— Jimmy Carter
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I don't think the Tea Party people are racist, except maybe a tiny portion of them. But there has been…
— Jimmy Carter
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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads…
— Kurt Cobain
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Oh, how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole…
— Philip II of Macedon
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