For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou...

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou...

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a...

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a...

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...

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...

No gains without pains.

No gains without pains.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

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...

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

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...

Mine is better than ours.

Mine is better than ours.

Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the...

Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the...

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

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

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...