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Some Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.
- Necessity knows no law; I know some attorneys of the same.
- Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the…
- The apostle Paul very seriously advised Timothy to put some wine in his water for health's sake, but not one of the apostles nor any…
- Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist.
- As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as he left them…
- I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance…
- Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.
- If we lose our Money, it gives us some Concern. If we are cheated or robb'd of it, we are angry: But Money lost may…
- Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
- I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.
- Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise.
- Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to…
- The madness of mobs or the insolence of soldiers, or both, when too near to each other, occasion some mischief.
- If you would know the value of money; go, and try to borrow some! For, he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing! and indeed,…
- If you have no Honey in your Pot, have some in your Mouth.
- Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit.
- Interest which blinds some People, enlightens others.
- Despair ruins some, presumption many.
- A greater Quantity of some things may be eaten than of others, some being of lighter Digestion than others.
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- We have some material on spying by a major government on the tech industry. Industrial espionage. — Julian Assange
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- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach