If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Passion Quotes

The nearest I can make it out, Love your Enemies means, Hate your Friends

The nearest I can make it out, Love your Enemies means, Hate your Friends

Education begins with life.

Education begins with life.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Never confuse motion with action.

Never confuse motion with action.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

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.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

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

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

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

Death takes no bribes.

Death takes no bribes.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

Put it back in the horse! [on tasting his first American beer].

Put it back in the horse! [on tasting his first American beer].