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Him 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…
- Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that…
- He that drinks his Cyder alone, let him catch his Horse alone.
- I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects; and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or…
- Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.
- Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running.
- If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his…
- Our friend and we were invited aboard on a party of pleasure, which is to last forever. His chair was ready first, and he has…
- If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his…
- Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping him on his protruding abdomen,…
- The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at…
- Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.
- It was said of him that he did not say much, but that when he did everyone stopped to listen.
- You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expressions, nor show too much of the pleasure you feel; but…
- If anyone should doubt whether the electrical matter passes through the substance of bodies, or only over along their surfaces, a shock from an electrified…
- Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, creator of the Universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he ought to be…
- God bless the King, and grant him long to Reign.
- The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.
- Approve not of him who commends all you say.
- If any man flatters me, I'll flatter him again; tho' he were my best Friend.
More Him Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the… — Antonin Artaud
- To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not… — Francis of Assisi