Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

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...

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

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

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

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...

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her maskVice knows she's ugly, so puts on...

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her maskVice knows she's ugly, so puts on...

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

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

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books.

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books.

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of...

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of...

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I...

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I...