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If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all much depends upon the people who are governed.

If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all much depends upon the people who are governed.

Benjamin Franklin
Thinking, Government, People
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.396

As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly.

Benjamin Franklin
Benefits, Invention, Share
"It's the little things", www.pbs.org. 2002.

The key that unlocks a door is a key to keep if you want to go through that door again.

Benjamin Franklin
Keys, Doors, Want

Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything.

Benjamin Franklin
Waste, Frugality, Money Wasted
Benjamin Franklin (1834). “The Life & Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself”, p.160

If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants to see us happy.

Benjamin Franklin
Beer, Hands, Want

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.

Benjamin Franklin
Grumbling, Comfort, Complaining

What is the recipe for successful achievement? Choose a career you love. Give it the best there is in you. Seize your opportunities. And be a member of the team.

Benjamin Franklin
Team, Successful, Opportunity

Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.

Benjamin Franklin
Death, Age, Aging
"Poor Richard's Almanack".

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

Benjamin Franklin
Friendship, Real Friends, My Best Friend
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.38, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

Benjamin Franklin
Liberty, Protection, Trade

Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist.

Benjamin Franklin
Believe, World, Shapes
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.165

Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.

Benjamin Franklin
Giving Up, Safety, Liberty

The two most beautiful sights I have witnessed in my life are a full blown ship at sail and the round-bellied pregnant female.

Benjamin Franklin
Beautiful, Sight, Two

America cultivates best what Germany brought forth.

Benjamin Franklin
America, Germany

La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla.

Benjamin Franklin

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Benjamin Franklin
Sports, Educational, Games
"Edge-Tools of Speech". Book by Maturin Murray Ballou (p. 177), 1899.

We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.

Benjamin Franklin
Happiness, Sickness, Sensible
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.45, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.

Benjamin Franklin
Drinking, Alcohol, Turns

Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Benjamin Franklin
Easter, Resurrection Of Jesus Christ, Easter Season
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.253

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

Benjamin Franklin
Laughter, Laughing, Teeth
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.66, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.

Benjamin Franklin
Constitution, Not Sure, Consent
On the Constitution (1787)

Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Principles, Debt
Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.283, Oxford University Press, USA

I early found that when I worked for myself alone, myself alone worked for me; but when I worked for others also, others worked also for me.

Benjamin Franklin
Work, Found

Money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, Offspring, Begets
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.244

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.

Benjamin Franklin
Reason, Flood, Poor Richard
Poor Richard's Almanack, Oct. 1735

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