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Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.

Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.

Benjamin Franklin
Spiritual, Religious, Atheist
James C. Humes, Benjamin Franklin (1995). “The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: a treasury of more than 900 quotations and anecdotes”, Harpercollins

Neglect mending a small fault and 'twill soon be a great one.

Benjamin Franklin
Work, Faults, Neglect
Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.38, Courier Corporation

If you have time don't wait for time.

Benjamin Franklin
Waiting, Drowsy, Ifs
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.24, Nayika Publishing

Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask.

Benjamin Franklin
Vices, Ugly, Virtue
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.133, Barnes & Noble Publishing

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Benjamin Franklin
Inspirational, 4th Of July, Honor
Poor Richard's Almanack, Apr. 1735

There never was a good war, or a bad peace.

Benjamin Franklin
War, Good War
"The Works of Benjamin Franklin".

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which one is most likely to find solid happiness.

Benjamin Franklin
Anniversary, Marriage, Men
"The Completed Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin".

None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Errors, Judging
Poor Richard's Almanack, Nov. 1738

You don't get somebody to like you by doing them a favor. That only tends to build resentment over the fact that they are needy and you are not. No, you ask them to do you a favor.

Benjamin Franklin
Favors, Facts, Resentment

1) Temperance... drink not to elevation. (2) Silence... avoid trifling conversations. (3) Order: Let all your things have their places... (4) Resolution... perform without fail what you resolve. (5) Frugality... i.e. waste nothing. (6) Industry: Lose no time; be always employ'd... (7) Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently... (8) Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries... (9) Moderation: Avoid extremes; forbear resenting... (10) Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanliness in body... (11) Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles... (12) Chastity (13) Humility : Imitate Jesus.

Benjamin Franklin
Jesus, Humility, Thinking

An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Honest, Praise
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.26, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

Benjamin Franklin
Happiness, Desire, Firsts
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, James Forrester, Hugh Blair, James Fordyce, William Cecil Baron Burghley (1831). “Practical Morality; Or, A Guide to Men and Manners: Consisting of Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son. To which is Added, a Supplement Containing Extracts from Various Books, Recommended by Lord Chesterfield to Mr. Stanhope. Together with the Polite Philosopher; Or, An Essay on the Art which Makes a Man Hapopy in Himself, and Agreeable to Others; Dr. Blair's Advice to Youth; Dr. Fordyce on Honour as a Principle; Lord Burghley's Ten Percepts to His Son; Dr. Franklin's Way to Wealth; and Pope's Universal Prayer”, p.175

A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.

Benjamin Franklin
Wise, Wisdom, Horse
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.73, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.

Benjamin Franklin
Sarcasm, Flattery, Form

Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself

Benjamin Franklin
Reading, Amusement
Benjamin Franklin (2018). “The Art of Virtue: Ben Franklin's Formula for Successful Living”, p.6, Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.

Benjamin Franklin
Mother, Food, Evil
Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.8, Courier Corporation

The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Doing Good, Acceptable
Benjamin Franklin (2010). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Penn Reading Project Edition”, p.155, University of Pennsylvania Press

Masonic labor is purely a labor of love. He who seeks to draw Masonic wages in gold and silver will be disappointed. The wages of a Mason are in the dealings with one another; sympathy begets sympathy, kindness begets kindness, helpfulness begets helpfulness, and these are the wages of a Mason.

Benjamin Franklin
Kindness, Gold, Wages

There is no little enemy

Benjamin Franklin
Enemy, Littles
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.388

If you do not exclude them, in less than 200 years our descendants will be working in the fields to furnish them substance, while they will be in the counting houses rubbing their hands. I warn you, gentlemen, if you do not exclude Jews for all time, your children will curse you in your graves.

Benjamin Franklin
Children, Hands, Years
"They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions". Book by John H. George and Paul Boller, pp. 26-27, 1989.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Benjamin Franklin
Health, Sober, Frugal
Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber (1815*). “The Life and Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin”, p.210

Thank God! we are in the full enjoyment of all these privileges. But can we be taught to prize them too much? or how can we prize them equal to their value, if we do not know their intrinsic worth, and that they are not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature?

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Law, Voting
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin, William Duane (1834). “Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin”, p.440

Hunger is the best pickle.

Benjamin Franklin
Food, Pickles, Hunger
Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.19, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the be.

Benjamin Franklin
Healthy, Wealth, Sober
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.68

Practice makes perfect.

Benjamin Franklin
Practice, Perfect, Practice Makes Perfect
Benjamin Franklin (2011). “The Articles of Confederation (邦聯條例)”, p.233, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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