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State Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged…
- And as to the Cares, they are chiefly what attend the bringing up of Children; and I would ask any Man who has experienced it,…
- A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd…
- 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.…
- No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood; the rest, by right, belonged to the state.
- The church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.
- I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with…
- Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two…
- After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like the odd half of a…
- Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.
- The happy State of Matrimony is, undoubtedly, the surest and most lasting Foundation of Comfort and Love . . . the Cause of all good…
- By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration.
- Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.
- It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis…
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- With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting… — Bill Gates
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal.… — Teresa of Avila
- Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he… — Sai Baba
- We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments. — Michelle Bachelet