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

— Benjamin Franklin

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She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Creditors have better memories than debtors. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife? ↗

— 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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Fatigue is the best pillow. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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