Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Peace Quotes

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

Proclaim not all thou knowest

Proclaim not all thou knowest

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of...

Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of...

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

Hope of gain lessens pain.

Hope of gain lessens pain.

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which...

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which...

If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either...

If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either...

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his...

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his...

It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was...

It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was...