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Being Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
- I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
- Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
- There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is…
- For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects,…
- It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great…
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