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World Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the…
- The noblest question in the world is: 'What good may I do in it?'
- Take one thing with another, and the world is a pretty good sort of a world, and it is our duty to make the best…
- A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds.
- The things of this world take up too much of my time, of which indeed I have too little left, to undertake anything like a…
- Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist.
- It is therefore wish'd that all commerce were as free between all the nations of the world as it is between the several counties of…
- 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,…
- 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…
- What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative, than this of mathematics?
- It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. Separate she lacks his force of body and strength of reason; he…
- It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but…
- I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.
- We constantly change the world, even by our inaction. Therefore, let us change it responsibly.
- That there is one God, who made all things. That he governs the world by his providence. That he might be worshipped by adoration, prayer,…
- By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.
- Love of country is the Mason's deed; world citizenship is his thought.
- I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. ... I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created;…
- 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…
- How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of standing…
- If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world?
- Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing?
- Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest…
- The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see.
More World Quotes
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- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach