All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Little boats should keep near shore

Little boats should keep near shore

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

You may delay, but time will not.

You may delay, but time will not.

Education begins with life.

Education begins with life.

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...

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of

There are 3 faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

There are 3 faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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,...

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

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...

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an...

The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an...