He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

For age and want save while you may, No morning sun lasts a whole day.

For age and want save while you may, No morning sun lasts a whole day.

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

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

Three removes are as bad as a fire

Three removes are as bad as a fire

Love and lordship hate companions

Love and lordship hate companions

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

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...

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...

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

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.

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an...

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an...

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

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

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

If ignorance is bliss, then I'd hope to, one day, be MultiOrgasmic.

If ignorance is bliss, then I'd hope to, one day, be MultiOrgasmic.

Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion

Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion

Wisdom itself is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the...

Wisdom itself is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the...