I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Life Quotes

A lie stands on one leg, truth on two

A lie stands on one leg, truth on two

Well done is better than well said.

Well done is better than well said.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

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

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

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

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.

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is...

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is...

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

He that's secure is not safe.

He that's secure is not safe.

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

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

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...

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged

There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged

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...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house and a fire to put her...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house and a fire to put her...

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct.

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

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

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