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Mean Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have…
- Those renowned generals [Alexander and Caesar] received more faithful service, and performed greater actions by means of the love their soldiers bore them, than they…
- Industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth . . . thereby [secures] virtue, it being more difficult for a man in want to…
- The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends"
- Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are…
- If the new Universal History were also read, it would give a connected idea of human affairs, so far as it goes, which should be…
- There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is…
- I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to…
- There are two ways to increase your wealth. Increase your means or decrease your wants. The best is to do both at the same time.
- I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I…
- I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making…
- Doing your best means never stop trying.
More Mean Quotes
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it. — J. J. Abrams
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
- Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle
- Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made… — J. J. Abrams
- If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem. — M H Abrams