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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
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.
I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
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.
Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.