I hope... that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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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...

Better slip with foot than tongue

Better slip with foot than tongue

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

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

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be...

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be...

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man...

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man...

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...