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Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Benjamin Franklin
Believe, Half, Belief

Life's Tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Benjamin Franklin
Life, Wise, Wisdom

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.

Benjamin Franklin
Practice, Political, Deception

Security without liberty is called prison.

Benjamin Franklin
Patriotic, Liberty, Prison

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Benjamin Franklin
Inspirational, Learning, Ignorance
Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.39, Courier Corporation

The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.

Benjamin Franklin
Funny, Knowing, Goal

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

Benjamin Franklin
Wise, Heart, Men
Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Writings”, Library of America

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.

Benjamin Franklin
Mean, Thinking, Government
Benjamin Franklin (1839). “Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin”, p.85

All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person who knows HOW will always have a job, but the person who knows WHY will always be the boss.

Benjamin Franklin
Jobs, Asking Why, People

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

Benjamin Franklin
Inspirational, Patriotic, Justice

Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes reality

Benjamin Franklin
Reality, Vision, Genius

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Benjamin Franklin
Tyrants, Conservative, Rebellion

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting

Benjamin Franklin
Motivational, Fitness, Medicine

When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.

Benjamin Franklin
Rain, Rivers, Water
Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.53, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.

Benjamin Franklin
Gun, Plowing, Right To Bear Arms

There are two ways to increase your wealth. Increase your means or decrease your wants. The best is to do both at the same time.

Benjamin Franklin
Mean, Two, Want

Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.

Benjamin Franklin
Thinking, Common Sense, Needs

For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.

Benjamin Franklin
Preparation, Hours, Minutes

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Benjamin Franklin
Inspirational, Life, Motivational

If you want something done, ask a busy person.

Benjamin Franklin
Strong Women, Want Something, Iron

How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of standing still. Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you. So how do you become better tomorrow? By becoming better today.

Benjamin Franklin
Mistake, Becoming Better, World

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Benjamin Franklin
Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Excuse, Dare

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

Benjamin Franklin
Years, People, Needs
Letter to the Abbés Chalut and Arnaud, April 17, 1787.

Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet!

Benjamin Franklin
Mind, Return, Habit

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