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American Politician January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790

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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
I do not pretend to give such a sum; I only lend it to you. When you shall return to your country with a good character, you cannot fail of getting into some business, that will in time enable you to pay all your debts. In that case, when you meet with another honest man in similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall meet with such another opportunity. I hope it may thus go through many... Benjamin Franklin
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Benjamin Franklin
IF A MAN EMPTY HIS PURSE INTO HIS HEAD NO MAN CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM HIM BECAUSE AN INVESTMENT KNOWLEDGE ALWAYS PAY THE BEST DIVIDEND. Benjamin Franklin
All the property that is necessary to a man for the conservation of the individual and his propagation of the species is his natural right, which none can justly deprive him of; but all property superfluous to such purposes is the property of the public, who by their laws have created it, and who may therefore by other laws dispose of it, whenever the welfare of the public shall demand such disposition. He that does not like civil society on these terms, let him retire and live among savages. Benjamin Franklin
In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "He that drinks his cider alone, let him catch his horse alone."
He that drinks his cider alone, let him catch his horse alone. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "He who drinks his cider alone, let him catch his horse alone."
He who drinks his cider alone, let him catch his horse alone. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on"
It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it..."
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin quote: "He does not possess wealth; it possesses him."
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him. Benjamin Franklin

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