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Philanthropy Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- ...it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it.
- A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
- He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
- He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
- I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'
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