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

— Benjamin Franklin

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If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Distrust and caution are the parents of security. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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God helps those who help themselves. ↗

— 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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Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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