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Men 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…
- [E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections,…
- Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
- 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…
- I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest of us said last night
- Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.
- I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a…
- Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
- Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.
- Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own.
- A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to…
- A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.
- So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry…
- The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.
- A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds.
- I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man's Gold into…
- In going on with these Experiments, how many pretty systems do we build, which we soon find ourselves oblig'd to destroy! If there is no…
- The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families…
- It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and…
- If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it?
- A dying man can do nothing easy.
- When men are employed they are best contented.
- I have lived a long time, sir, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth - that God governs…
- A man is not completely born until he is dead.
- That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessary for…
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