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Benjamin Franklin Quotes about Integrity

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The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Benjamin Franklin
Wisdom, Honesty, Integrity
"Gleanings among the Sheaves, The First Lesson", as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 878-82, 1922.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

Benjamin Franklin
Courage, Integrity, Silence
Benjamin Franklin (1928). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Almanacks of 1733, 1749, 1756, 1757, 1758, First Written Under the Name of Richard Saunders”

Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

Benjamin Franklin
Hope, Wisdom, Integrity
Benjamin Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., 1”, p.129

Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Benjamin Franklin
Christmas, Integrity, Moving

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

Benjamin Franklin
Integrity, Principles, Worth Living

I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived.

Benjamin Franklin
Honesty, Integrity, Men
Benjamin Franklin, Horatio Hastings WELD (1849). “Benjamin Franklin: his Autobiography, with a narrative of his public life and services by H. H. Weld”, p.98

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