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- It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent.
- Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.
- The Body of B. Franklin, Printer Like the Cover of an old Book Its Contents turn out And Stript of its Lettering & Guilding Lies…
- Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can…
- There are more old drunkards than old doctors.
- 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…
- Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old…
- Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the…
- 'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
- After getting the first hundred pounds, it is more easy to get the second.
- I have lived a long time, sir, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth - that God governs…
- [T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . . . [taking] away…
- Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection.
- A lighthouse is more useful than a church.
- I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the…
- I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue.…
- Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.
- I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall…
- 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…
- 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…
- Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault…
- I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those…
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