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Benjamin Franklin Quotes
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Politician Quotes
Category:
American Politician Quotes
Date of Birth:
January 17, 1706
Date of Death:
April 17, 1790
Nationality:
American
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Benjamin Franklin

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I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
Benjamin Franklin

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
Benjamin Franklin

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.
Benjamin Franklin

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.
Benjamin Franklin

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.
Benjamin Franklin

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
Benjamin Franklin

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

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
Benjamin Franklin

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.
Benjamin Franklin

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
Benjamin Franklin

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.
Benjamin Franklin

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
Benjamin Franklin

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
Benjamin Franklin

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.
Benjamin Franklin

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
Benjamin Franklin

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
Benjamin Franklin

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
Benjamin Franklin

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.
Benjamin Franklin

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin

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