A lie stands on one leg, truth on two

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial...

Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial...

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

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

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

Those things that hurt, instruct.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

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

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

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

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...

The nearest I can make it out, Love your Enemies means, Hate your Friends

The nearest I can make it out, Love your Enemies means, Hate your Friends

Fatigue is the best pillow

Fatigue is the best pillow

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,...

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there...

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there...

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

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...

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged

There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.