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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

American Politician

Born: Jan 17, 1706

Died: Apr 17, 1790

Good He Man Never Will You

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Where liberty is, there is my country. Benjamin Franklin

Liberty Country Where

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: 'This is my country.' Benjamin Franklin

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals. Benjamin Franklin

Love Will Rivals He Himself Falls Who

Distrust and caution are the parents of security. Benjamin Franklin

Parents Security Distrust Caution

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

Silence Word Every Must Idle Account

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. Benjamin Franklin

Ignorance Daughter Admiration

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. Benjamin Franklin

Experience School Will Fools Other Learn Dear Keeps

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. Benjamin Franklin

Man Half Would Could Troubles He Wishes His Double

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting. Benjamin Franklin

Sense Everything Where Wanting

He that sows thorns should never go barefoot. Benjamin Franklin

Barefoot Thorns Never He Go Should

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier. Benjamin Franklin

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. Benjamin Franklin

Good You Man Speak Everybody Know Ill

Fatigue is the best pillow. Benjamin Franklin

Best Fatigue Pillow

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. Benjamin Franklin

Faith Way Eye See Reason Shut

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. Benjamin Franklin

Good Win Enemies Friends Them Your Keep

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. Benjamin Franklin

Blessed Nothing Shall Never He Disappointed Expects

Genius without education is like silver in the mine. Benjamin Franklin

Education Genius Mine Silver Like Without

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. Benjamin Franklin

Great Cake Diminished Easily Empire Like Most Edges

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. Benjamin Franklin

Age Will Judgment Thirty Wit Years Forty Twenty Reigns

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. Benjamin Franklin

Others Please Eat Dress Thyself

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise. Benjamin Franklin

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife? Benjamin Franklin

You Fault Wife Own Faults Bear Your Why Why Not

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. Benjamin Franklin

Man Respect People Political Every Other Our Thoroughly Circumstances Easy More Perhaps Reads His Than Improvement Any Heaven Leisure Information Conversations Acquiring Us Interests Among Enlightened Every Man

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. Benjamin Franklin

War Follies Mischievous Very Expensive Wars

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