A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind...

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind...

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither...

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither...

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

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

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

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct.

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

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...

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

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

Here's Death! twitching my ear: Live, says he, for I'm coming.

Here's Death! twitching my ear: Live, says he, for I'm coming.

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...