Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Poor Richard
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Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy
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Cut the Wings of your Hens and Hopes, lest they lead you a weary Dance after them.
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Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.
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You may delay, but time will not.
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After three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy.
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A good example is the best sermon.
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A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.
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There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.
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When you taste honey, remember gall.
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He that takes a wife, takes care
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The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach to his meat.
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It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
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If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear.
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Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
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A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
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A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
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Constant dropping wears away stones
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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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Observe all men, thyself most.
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A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
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Men take more pains to mask than mend.
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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone.
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An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.
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Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.
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He is no clown that drives the plow, but he that doth clownish things.
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A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.
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When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.
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Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
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The rotten apple spoils his companion.
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If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.
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Benjamin Franklin
- Born: January 17, 1706
- Died: April 17, 1790
- Occupation: Founding Father of the United States