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Doe Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them…
- The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.
- When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to…
- And as to the Cares, they are chiefly what attend the bringing up of Children; and I would ask any Man who has experienced it,…
- The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.
- He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.
- When religion is good, it will take care of itself. When it is not able to take care of itself, and God does not see…
- On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable: A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to…
- If you would know the value of money; go, and try to borrow some! For, he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing! and indeed,…
- Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
- Why does the blind man's wife paint herself.
- Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge
- He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
- He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a…
- Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech; which is…
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- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- True information does good. — Julian Assange
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi