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Lost time is never found again.
Benjamin Franklin

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Benjamin Franklin

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Benjamin Franklin

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
Benjamin Franklin

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Benjamin Franklin

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Benjamin Franklin

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin
New Year's, War, Peace

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Benjamin Franklin

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Benjamin Franklin

Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Benjamin Franklin

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.
Benjamin Franklin

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
Benjamin Franklin

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Benjamin Franklin

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
Benjamin Franklin

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin

Well done is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
Benjamin Franklin

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
Benjamin Franklin

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
Benjamin Franklin

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin

Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Benjamin Franklin

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Benjamin Franklin

Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75.
Benjamin Franklin

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
Benjamin Franklin

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
Benjamin Franklin

Biography
Nationality: American
Type: Politician
Born: January 17, 1706
Died: April 17, 1790
Benjamin Franklin is a prominent figure in U.S. History - he was a Founding Father of the United States, a world traveller, inventor, the man who... Read full biography

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lilosophie
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Many of his quotes are well known, he was a well rounded person, a ree thinker and a very wise person. Though I question the early rise quote:

I am an early riser and I am quite healty - wealthy? not and wise is a subject for debate :>)
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anneliese32
7 years ago
Lilo, I had the same doubt about 'that' quote. Had yesterday a talk with somebody who is still stuck at 25 and now he is 83, I guess he never will acknowledge that the world has changed. BTW, he is a early riser and definitely never got wiser.
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