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Said Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest of us said last night
- Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping him on his protruding abdomen,…
- The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our…
- It was said of him that he did not say much, but that when he did everyone stopped to listen.
- Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of...
- If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of…
- Well done is better than well said.
- In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
- I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'
- Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except…
- Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except…
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