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Likely Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as he left them…
- Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife.
- It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. Separate she lacks his force of body and strength of reason; he…
- In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a General Government necessary for…
- Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.
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