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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

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

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

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in...

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in...

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair ruins some, presumption many

One today is worth two tomorrows.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

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.

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

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

Rules to find out a fit Measure of Meat and Drink.

Rules to find out a fit Measure of Meat and Drink.

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...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it...

It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it...

Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we...

Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we...