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Ground Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the…
- There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their…
- I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth -- that God governs…
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