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Miscellaneous Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in…
- I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence.
- In America, they do not inquire of a stranger, "What is he?" but, "What can he do?"
- It is a bad temper of mind that takes delight in opposition.
- 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…
- Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit.
- Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing?
- Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest…
- If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all…
More Miscellaneous Quotes
- It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. — Isaac Asimov
- Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. — Samuel Butler
- However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. — Winston Churchill
- A flower without a stem, is beauty waiting to die. A heart without love, is a tear waiting to cry. — Octavio Paz
- I do believe there is many a tear in the heart that never reaches the eyes. — Norman MacEwen
- Nowhere else can one find so miscellaneous, so various, an amount of knowledge as is contained in a good newspaper. — Henry Ward Beecher
- We haven't got a plan so nothing can go wrong! — Spike Milligan
- One day the "Don't Knows" will get in and then where will we be? — Spike Milligan
- Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems — Nelson Mandela
- The best thing about humour is that it shows people they are not alone. — Sid Caesar
- A business must have a conscience as well as a counting house. — Unknown Author