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Wise Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.
- Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
- Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
- Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
- The doors of wisdom are never shut.
- Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
- God helps those who help themselves.
- Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
- He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
- He that won't be counseled can't be helped.
- If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
- It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
- Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.
- Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects.…
- You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.
- Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.
- In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.
- Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
- God helps them that help themselves.
- O powerful goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom…
- An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
- Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech; which is…
- Honesty is the best policy.
- He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.
- Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue. Only a virtuous people are capable of…
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold