Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Below are words of wisdom in the form of inspirational quotes and motivational quotes by Benjamin Franklin:

“Some people die at twenty-five and aren’t buried until they are seventy-five.”
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“If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
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"Well done, is better than well said."
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"We must all hang together, or assuredly, we shall all hang separately."
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"He that lives upon hope will die fasting."
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"Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship."
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“You may delay, but time will not.”
Benjamin Franklin "Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."
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"The doors of wisdom are never shut."
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"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none."
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"Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame."
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"Diligence is the mother of good luck."
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"He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money."
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"Drive thy business or it will drive thee."
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"Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one."
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"Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor."
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"Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble."
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"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
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"If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect."
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"Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn."
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"Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade."
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"If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone."
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"I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else."
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"Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well."
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"There are two ways of being happy:
We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier."
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"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."
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"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
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"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."
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"When you're finished changing, you're finished."
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"A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.
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"There never was a good war or a bad peace."
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"By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail."
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