Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Admiration Quotes, Ignorance Quotes

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many 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...

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

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...

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

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

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

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...

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it...

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it...

Drink Water, Put the Money in your Pocket, and leave the Dry-bellyach in the Punchbowl.

Drink Water, Put the Money in your Pocket, and leave the Dry-bellyach in the Punchbowl.

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian

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

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

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.