How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Faults Quotes

If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.

If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.

Excess in all other Things whatever, as well as in Meat and Drink, is also...

Excess in all other Things whatever, as well as in Meat and Drink, is also...

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Creditors have better memories than debtors; creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set...

Creditors have better memories than debtors; creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set...

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to...

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to...

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

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

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

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

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom...

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom...

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having...

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having...

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin,...

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin,...

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....