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Thrown Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their…
- To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.
- To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties then undergo a development and…
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