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Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.


Benjamin Franklin

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. ...
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KEITH URBAN I am leaving.
Where?
Not where but whom.
Whom?
You.
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfort...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN One should eat to live, not live to eat.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervad...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you would keep your secret from an enemy,
tell it not to a friend.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN