Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

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

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

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is...

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is...

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...

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

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

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

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

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

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

Let those love now, who never loved before; let those who always loved, now love...

Let those love now, who never loved before; let those who always loved, now love...

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.