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The proud hate pride in others.

The proud hate pride in others.

Benjamin Franklin
Hate, Pride, Proud
Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.26, Courier Corporation

Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley.

Benjamin Franklin
Long, Dating, Romance
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.17, Barnes & Noble Publishing

If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes.

Benjamin Franklin
Thinking, Spain, Income
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.8, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Giving, Office
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.234, Barnes & Noble Publishing

He who is in love with himself has no rivals.

Benjamin Franklin
Rivals

To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.

Benjamin Franklin
Achievement, Lap, Resources

Paintings and fightings are best seen at a distance.

Benjamin Franklin
Distance, Fighting, Painting
Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.53, Courier Corporation

Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.

Benjamin Franklin
4th Of July, Noses, Wipe
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

Benjamin Franklin
Leadership, Kindness, Done
Benjamin Franklin (2016). “Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”, p.181, Benjamin Franklin

Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so.

Benjamin Franklin
Long, Atheism, May
Poor Richard's Almanack, Nov. 1743

Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.

Benjamin Franklin
Wise, Drinking, Men
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.97, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

It is observable that God has often called men to places of dignity and honor when they have been busy in the honest employment of their vocation.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Honor, Dignity
Benjamin Franklin “Poor Richard Day by Day”, Lulu.com

He that would travel much, should eat little.

Benjamin Franklin
Littles, Should, Poor Richard
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.47, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Joy, Citizens
Benjamin Franklin (1820). “Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth”, p.23

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.

Benjamin Franklin
Life, Happiness, Men
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”, p.197, Applewood Books

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.

Benjamin Franklin
Religious, Thinking, Religion
Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks (1840). “The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author”, p.7

Don't misinform your Doctor nor your Lawyer.

Benjamin Franklin
Doctors, Law Students, Lawyer
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.27, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Benjamin Franklin
Inspirational, Happiness, Wise
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.66, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Hunger never saw bad bread.

Benjamin Franklin
Food, Bread, Saws
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.27, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.

Benjamin Franklin
Loss, Secret, Purpose
Benjamin Franklin “Poor Richard Day by Day”, Lulu.com

He that drinks his Cyder alone, let him catch his Horse alone.

Benjamin Franklin
Horse, Cider, Drink
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.116, Barnes & Noble Publishing

So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.

Benjamin Franklin
Business, Successful, Men
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin, William Duane (1834). “Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin”, p.478

Fear to do ill, and you need fear else.

Benjamin Franklin
Needs, Deeds, Ill
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

He that takes a wife, takes care

Benjamin Franklin
Wife, Love And Marriage, Care
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.22, Nayika Publishing

Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.

Benjamin Franklin
War, Fighting, Liberty
Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Louis Ketcham (2003). “The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin”, p.303, Hackett Publishing

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