Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Idleness Quotes, Pride Quotes

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy...

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy...

Fatigue is the best pillow

Fatigue is the best pillow

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory,...

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory,...

A word to the wise is enough

A word to the wise is enough

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

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

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

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...

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment.

Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

A full belly makes a dull brain

A full belly makes a dull brain

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come...

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come...

No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...

No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...