Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

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

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

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish

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...

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of,...

Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of,...

The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain...

The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain...

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

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...

Deny Self for Self's sake

Deny Self for Self's sake

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.