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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Benjamin Franklin quotes about friends

American Politician January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790

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The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity. Benjamin Franklin
I do not find that I grow any older. Being arrived at seventy, and considering that by traveling further in the same road I should probably be led to the grave, I stopped short, turned about, and walked back again; which having done these four years, you may now call me sixty-six. Advise those old friends of ours to follow my example; keep up your spirits, and that will keep up your bodies. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog,..."
There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win..."
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing."
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults;..."
Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a..."
A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the..."
The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends. Benjamin Franklin
A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines."
A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "Tart words make no friends; a spoonful of honey will catch..."
Tart words make no friends; a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend..."
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "Critics are our friends, they show us our faults."
Critics are our friends, they show us our faults. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "A friend in need is a friend indeed!"
A friend in need is a friend indeed! Benjamin Franklin

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