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Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots. ↗

— Aretha Franklin

#church #definitely #know #me #natural

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#constitution #guarantee #happiness #only #pursuit

The minute health care becomes a huge, unwieldy, expensive government bureaucracy it's a permanent feature of life and there's nothing anyone can do about it. ↗

— Mark Steyn

#anyone #becomes #bureaucracy #care #expensive

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#late #life #old #soon #too

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#every #get #grab #i #look

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#favors #greater #ingratitude #medium #most

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

#does #family #indeed #large #large family

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#find #happiness #man #marriage #most

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#daughter #ignorance

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

#best #business #carrying #considering #execution