I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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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...

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

Education begins with life.

Education begins with life.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

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

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

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Beware the hobby that eats.

Beware the hobby that eats.

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...

Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the...

Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the...

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

He that drinks fast pays slow

He that drinks fast pays slow

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

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

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

Again, He that sells upon Credit, asks a Price for what he sells, equivalent to...

Again, He that sells upon Credit, asks a Price for what he sells, equivalent to...

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to...

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to...