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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Idleness Quotes, Pride Quotes

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war...

It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war...

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

There will be sleeping enough in the grave

There will be sleeping enough in the grave

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse

Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

Observe all men; thy self most.

Observe all men; thy self most.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. Whats a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. Whats a sundial in the shade?

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

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

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part...

When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part...

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

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

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let...

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let...