Better slip with foot than tongue

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment...

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment...

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

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,...

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed

A small leak can sink a great ship.

A small leak can sink a great ship.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

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...

Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind

Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always...

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always...

A full belly makes a dull brain

A full belly makes a dull brain

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy...

A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy...