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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.
Benjamin Franklin
Book, Himself, Wiser
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Benjamin Franklin
Yourself, Kindness, Done
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.
Benjamin Franklin
Faith, Men, Affairs
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
Benjamin Franklin
Desire, Follow, Satisfy
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.
Benjamin Franklin
Good, Few, Grow
Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.
Benjamin Franklin
Everything, Sense, Wanting
Fatigue is the best pillow.
Benjamin Franklin
Best, Fatigue, Pillow
He that's secure is not safe.
Benjamin Franklin
Safe, Secure
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.
Benjamin Franklin
Money, Advantage
Nine men in ten are would be suicides.
Benjamin Franklin
Men, Ten, Nine
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Benjamin Franklin
Present, Nor, Fault
The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.
Benjamin Franklin
Art, Acting, Keeping
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
Benjamin Franklin
Easy, Chair, Finds
The first mistake in public business is the going into it.
Benjamin Franklin
Business, Public, Mistake
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.
Benjamin Franklin
Trouble, Ease, Idleness
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
Benjamin Franklin
Wealth, Enjoys
Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.
Benjamin Franklin
Write, Injuries, Dust
Industry need not wish.
Benjamin Franklin
Wish, Industry
Mine is better than ours.
Benjamin Franklin
Mine, Ours
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Benjamin Franklin
Good, Made, Necessity
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Benjamin Franklin
Wants, Equal

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Biography

Nationality: American
Born: January 17, 1706
Died: April 17, 1790

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