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He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.

He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.

Benjamin Franklin
4th Of July, Virtue, Ill
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.89, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Who judges best of a Man, his Enemies or himself?

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Judging, Enemy
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.204, Barnes & Noble Publishing

He that won't be counseled can't be helped. He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter.

Benjamin Franklin
Easter

Dally not with other folk's spouses or money.

Benjamin Franklin
Honesty, Spouse, Folks

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Benjamin Franklin
Leadership, Mistake, Men
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.206

Time is the stuff life is made of.

Benjamin Franklin
Stuff, Life Is, Favourite

An assembly of great men is the greatest fool upon earth.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Earth, Fool
Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) (1794). “Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his life, written by himself : together with essays, humourous, moral & literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator : in two volumes”

Revealed religion has no weight with me.

Benjamin Franklin
Religion, Atheism, Weight

It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and also have done as much as he did to make others unbelievers.

Benjamin Franklin
Character, Men, Should Have
Benjamin Franklin (1962). “Representative selections: with introduction, bibliography, and notes”

I am in the prime of senility.

Benjamin Franklin
Age, Aging, Prime

He that steals the old man's supper does him no wrong.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Doe, Stealing
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.22, Nayika Publishing

It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.

Benjamin Franklin
Strength, Being Strong, Stay Strong
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

My List of Virtues contain'd at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly inform'd me that I was generally thought proud; that my Pride show'd itself frequently in Conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any Point, but was overbearing & rather insolent; of which he convinc'd me by mentioning several Instances; - I determined endeavouring to cure myself ..., and I added Humility to my List, giving an extensive Meaning to the Word.

Benjamin Franklin
Humility, Pride, Giving
Source: edsitement.neh.gov

If principle is good for anything, it is worth living up to.

Benjamin Franklin
Integrity, Principles, Worth Living

What you would seem to be, be really.

Benjamin Franklin
Wise, Wisdom, Seems
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.117, Barnes & Noble Publishing

Man is a tool-making animal

Benjamin Franklin
Animal, Men, Tools
Quoted in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 7 Apr. 1778)

The only certain things in life are death and taxes!

Benjamin Franklin
Things In Life, Certain, Taxes

Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils.

Benjamin Franklin
Abolition Of Slavery, Evil, Care
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.515

Those who are content have enough; those that complain, have too much.

Benjamin Franklin
Complaining, Too Much, Enough

A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can never be spent.

Benjamin Franklin
Children, Thinking, Years

Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me happy. Amen.

Benjamin Franklin
May, Amen, Resolve
Source: www.foundingfatherquotes.com

I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.

Benjamin Franklin
Girl, Female, Answers
Pennsylvania Gazette, 12 Mar. 1732

On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it.

Benjamin Franklin
Happiness, Men, Should Have
Benjamin Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., 1”, p.138

The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it.

Benjamin Franklin
War, Expenses, Lighters
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.544

Snowy winter, a plentiful harvest.

Benjamin Franklin
Winter, Harvest, Snowy
Benjamin Franklin (1849). “Poor Richard's almanac for 1850-52”, p.28

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