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The misers cheese is wholesomest

The misers cheese is wholesomest

Benjamin Franklin
Cheese, Misers
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.29, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Now I've a sheep and a cow, every body bids me good morrow.

Benjamin Franklin
Sheep, Body, Cows
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.39, Barnes & Noble Publishing

The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.

Benjamin Franklin
Wise, Horse, Men
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.101, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'

Benjamin Franklin
Italian, Sheep
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.301

Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might the more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly.

Benjamin Franklin
Friendship, Pride, Government

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.

Benjamin Franklin
War, Fall, Government
Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.128

A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Animal, Half
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: 1706-1757”, p.294, Regnery Publishing

So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.

Benjamin Franklin
Mind, Reason, Creatures
Benjamin Franklin (1855). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; to which is Added His Miscellaneous Essays”, p.45

Let thy vices die before thee.

Benjamin Franklin
Vices, Thee, Poor Richard
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.60, Barnes & Noble Publishing

When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views.

Benjamin Franklin
Wisdom, Selfish, Passion
On the Constitution (1787)

The things which hurt, instruct.

Benjamin Franklin
Hurt, Hard Work, Wrestling
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.120, Barnes & Noble Publishing

There's no gain, without pain.

Benjamin Franklin
Sports, Pain, Gains

Despair ruins some, presumption many.

Benjamin Franklin
Despair, Ruins, Presumption
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.62, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.

Benjamin Franklin
Peace, Mean, Men
Benjamin Franklin (1850). “The autobiography of Benj. Franklin: Published verbatim from the original manuscript by his grandson Will. Temple Franklin. Edited by Jared Sparks”, p.75

Make the best use of both time and money. Add industry and frugal dealings if they pay very well and if you're free to it.

Benjamin Franklin
Add, Use, Pay

My dear friend, do not imagine that I am vain enough to ascribe our success [Revolution] to any superiority . . . If it had not been for the justice of our cause, and the consequent interposition of Providence, in which we had faith, we must have been ruined. If I had ever before been an atheist, I should now have been convinced of the being and government of a Deity!

Benjamin Franklin
Atheist, Government, Justice

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Benjamin Franklin
Country, Freedom, 4th Of July
Benjamin Franklin, Mason Locke Weems (1817). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin”, p.184

When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.

Benjamin Franklin
Two, Feet, Deep Water

He that sows Thorns, should never go barefoot.

Benjamin Franklin
Thorns, Should, Barefoot
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.2, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Let our Fathers and Grandfathers be valued for their Goodness, ourselves for our own.

Benjamin Franklin
Father, Goodness, Grandfather
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.27, Nayika Publishing

I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.

Benjamin Franklin
Work, Men, Toil

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.

Benjamin Franklin
Cost, Courtesy, Thee
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.71, Barnes & Noble Publishing

The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.

Benjamin Franklin
Leadership, Deeds, Feds
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

When you taste honey, remember gall.

Benjamin Franklin
Honey, Taste, Remember
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.247, Barnes & Noble Publishing

There is nothing wrong with retirement as long as one doesn't allow it to interfere with one's work.

Benjamin Franklin
Retirement, Long, Interfere

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