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…
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Benjamin Franklin
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About Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Benjamin FranklinIn this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Fatigue is the best pillow.
Hunger is the best pickle.
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…
Honesty is the best policy.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Beauty and folly are old companions.
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The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.
At twenty years of age the will reigns at thirty, the wit and at forty, the judgment.