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Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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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. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me. ↗

— Michael Franti

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