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I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking.

I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking.

Benjamin Franklin
Drinking, Alcohol, Progress
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.12

Nine Men in Ten are Suicides.

Benjamin Franklin
Suicide, Suicidal, Men
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.49, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Where security exists, liberty and opportunity do not.

Benjamin Franklin
Opportunity, Liberty, Security

Forewarn'd, forearm'd.

Benjamin Franklin
Caution
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.41, Barnes & Noble Publishing

Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People's are so plenty?

Benjamin Franklin
Giving, People, Lines
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.138, Barnes & Noble Publishing

For Age and Want save while you may; No morning Sun lasts a whole day.

Benjamin Franklin
Morning, Age, May
Benjamin Franklin, Mason Locke Weems (1817). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin”, p.95

Great talkers should be cropt, for they've no need of ears.

Benjamin Franklin
Needs, Ears, Should
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.57, Barnes & Noble Publishing

When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains.

Benjamin Franklin
Writing, Opposites, Two

The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary.

Benjamin Franklin
People, Doctrine, Contradiction
Andrew Carnegie, Benjamin Franklin (2015). “The ABC of Money: Including The Way to Wealth and The Gospel of Wealth”, p.76, Cosimo Classics

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow.

Benjamin Franklin
Eggs, Hens, Morrow
Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.276, Oxford University Press, USA

Nothing is so tiresome to one's self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation.

Benjamin Franklin
Self, Individuality, Disguise
Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.232, Oxford University Press, USA

It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.

Benjamin Franklin
Libertarian Party, Government, People
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1819). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...: Posthumous and other writings”, p.111

He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

Benjamin Franklin
Honor, Gentleman, Knees

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

Benjamin Franklin
Together, Serious, Ifs

A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.

Benjamin Franklin
Food, Brain, Dull
Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.285, Oxford University Press, USA

To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind.

Benjamin Franklin
Mind, Blind, Envious
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.56, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession.

Benjamin Franklin
Friendship, True Friend, Beloved

As often as we do good, we sacrifice.

Benjamin Franklin
Sacrifice
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.99, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

They who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing.

Benjamin Franklin
Trouble, Poor Richard
Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.8, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

In prosperous fortunes be modest and wise, The greatest may fall, and the lowest may rise: But insolent People that fall in disgrace, Are wretched and nobody pities their Case.

Benjamin Franklin
Wise, Fall, People
Benjamin Franklin (2005). “A Benjamin Franklin reader: the essential writings of a colonial sage ; Autobiography, Wit & wisdom”

Lost time can never be found again

Benjamin Franklin
Lost, Found, Lost Time
Benjamin Franklin (1821). “Essays and Letters”, p.80

How can any Action be meritorious of Praise or Dispraise, Reward or Punishment, when the natural Principle of Self-Love is the only and the irresistible Motive to it?

Benjamin Franklin
Love Is, Self, Punishment
Benjamin Franklin (2006). “The Portable Benjamin Franklin”, p.359, Penguin

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
Inspirational, Gratitude, Pieces
Autobiography pt. 3 (written 1788)

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences with Providence.

Benjamin Franklin
Views, Leaving, Satisfaction
Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Louis Ketcham (2003). “The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin”, p.238, Hackett Publishing

He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor.

Benjamin Franklin
Motivational, Office, Honor
Benjamin Franklin (1848). “The Way to Wealth”, p.2

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