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Don’t judge men’s wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance. – Benjamin Franklin
Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice. – Benjamin Franklin
Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy. – Benjamin Franklin
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. – Benjamin Franklin
Hold your council before dinner; the full belly hates thinking as well as acting. – Benjamin Franklin
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. – Benjamin Franklin
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. – Benjamin Franklin
Little strokes fell great oaks. – Benjamin Franklin
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth. – Benjamin Franklin
Observe all men; thy self most. – Benjamin Franklin
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. – Benjamin Franklin
Hunger is the best pickle. – Benjamin Franklin
He that cannot obey, cannot command. – Benjamin Franklin
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. – Benjamin Franklin
I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things. – Benjamin Franklin
Diligence is the mother of good luck. – Benjamin Franklin
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as than being unwilling to learn. – Benjamin Franklin
There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous. – Benjamin Franklin
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. – Benjamin Franklin
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