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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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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.

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.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Love and lordship hate companions

Love and lordship hate companions

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough...

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough...

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Hope of gain lessens pain.

Hope of gain lessens pain.

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having...

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having...

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things

Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can...

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can...

I'm fulfilled in what I do... I never thought that a lot of money or...

I'm fulfilled in what I do... I never thought that a lot of money or...