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Hand Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
- Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with…
- 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…
- Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler,…
- I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what you feel that…
- You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.
- Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the…
- Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments
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