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«Grace thou thy House, and let not that grace thee.»
«He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Richness
| Keywords:
multiplies
«Approve not of him who commends all you say»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
approve, approving, commending, commends
«Furnished as all Europe now is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experiment, the progress of human knowledge will be rapid and discoveries made of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since I cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known a hundred years hence.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
academies, Academy A, at present, conception, discoveries, Europe, experiment, furnished, hence, instruments, rapid, rapids, sorry, The academy
«Good counsel failing men can give, for why? He that's aground knows where the shoal doth lie»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
aground, counsel, counseled, counseling, failing, lie, shoal, shoals
«Diligence is the mother of good luck»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
diligence, good luck
«You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression, nor show too much pleasure ; but endeavor to console your adversary, and make him less dissatisfied with himself by every kind and civil expression, that may be»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Communication,
Victory
| Keywords:
adversary, console, dissatisfied, dissatisfying, insulting, triumphing
«Don't value a man for the Quality he is of, but for the Qualities he possesses.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
possesses
«Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee»
«Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Laziness,
Silence
| Keywords:
sloth
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