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" Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. "
Benjamin Franklin
Write
Reading
Either
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" It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. "
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" Fatigue is the best pillow. "
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" When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it. "
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" As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence. "
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" Games lubricate the body and the mind. "
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" Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day. "
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" Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. "
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" Lost time is never found again. "
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" Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. "
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Powerful
" He that's secure is not safe. "
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" If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. "
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You
Yourself
" I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. "
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" Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness. "
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Man
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" Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. "
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" He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged. "
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Yourself
Ready
" Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. "
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" One today is worth two tomorrows. "
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" In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. "
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Death
Finance
" He that won't be counseled can't be helped. "
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Helped
" They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. "
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Safety
" He that sows thorns should never go barefoot. "
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" In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. "
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" He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees. "
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Peace
Speak
" Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. "
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Wine
Us
" The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. "
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Work
Will
" Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours. "
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Them
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" The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing. "
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