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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. "
Benjamin Franklin
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" Where there is a free government, and the people make their own laws by their representatives, I see no injustice in their obliging one another to take their own paper money. "
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" In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want 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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" Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. "
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" Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them. "
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" All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world. "
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" I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them. "
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