Inspirational quotes by Benjamin Franklin.
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
He that can have patience can have what he will.
A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.
Well done is better than well said.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house.[Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."]
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.
In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.
I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?
Lost Time is never found again.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.
Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.
Ohne Gedankenfreiheit gibt es keine Weisheit. Und ohne Redefreiheit keine öffentliche Freiheit.
The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. Your have to catch up with it yourself.
Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.
That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God - when they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of pleasure-instead of an aid, become an encumbrance and answer none of the intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we may get rid of them. Death is that way.
It's better to swim in the sea belowThan to swing in the air and feed the crow,Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!
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