Half a truth is often a great lie.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

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

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

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

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

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough...

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough...

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and...

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and...

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.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new...

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new...

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

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

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

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...

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning

Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.

Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.

Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old...

Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old...