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Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Beware of little expenses a small leak will sink a great ship.

If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it from him.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Fatigue is the best pillow.

None preaches better than the ant and she says nothing.

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

The way to see by Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us but never the good fortune to satisfy us.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly use soberly distribute cheerfully and leave con-tently.

If you desire many things many things will seem but a few.

There are three faithful friends: an old wife an old dog and ready money.

Be slow in choosing a friend slower in changing.

Keep flax from fire youth from gaming.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

We must all hang together else we shalFall hang separately.

The U.S. Constitution doesnt guarantee happiness only the pursuit of it. Your have to catch up with it yourself.

Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom.

Take time for all things.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.