Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Poverty Quotes, Pride Quotes

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy...

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

What one relishes, nourishes

What one relishes, nourishes

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part...

When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part...

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her...

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment...

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment...

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

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

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

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

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

The sparks fly in his face.

The sparks fly in his face.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly...

An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly...

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right...

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right...