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He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ↗

— 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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Diligence is the mother of good luck. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Genius without education is like silver in the mine. ↗

— 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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