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This book gathers a selection of Benjamin Franklin's wit and wisdom, drawn from his popular Poor Richard's Almanack, offering insights into his thoughts on life, work, and character.
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“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”
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“Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.”
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“A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.”
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“He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.”
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“The discontented man finds no easy chair.”
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“Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues”
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“The proud hate pride in others.”
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“If you'd lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money.”
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“Great Modesty often hides great Merit.”
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“Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind.”
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“The tongue offends and the ears get the cuffing”
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“As Pride increases, Fortune declines.”
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“As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts.”
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“No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend.”
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“There is none deceived but he that trusts.”
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“Avoid dishonest gain: no price can recompence the pangs of vice.”
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“Paintings and fightings are best seen at a distance.”
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“Neglect mending a small fault and 'twill soon be a great one.”
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“Anger warms the invention, but overheats the oven.”
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“Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely.”
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“The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.”
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“Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.”
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“Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.”
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“It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on”
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“Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.”
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“A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.”
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“Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”
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“A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.”
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“Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.”
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“People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages.”
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“Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.”
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“The proof of gold is fire.”
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“What one relishes, nourishes.”
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“Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.”
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“Where there is hunger, law is not regarded;
and where law is not regarded, there will be hunger.”
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“He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir.”
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“Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.”
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“None are deceived but they that confide.”
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“Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things”
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“Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues”
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“Men take more pains to mask than mend.”
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“Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them.”
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“Time is an herb that cures all Diseases.”
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“Success has ruin'd many a man.”
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“He that's content hath enough.”
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