It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Better slip with foot than tongue

Better slip with foot than tongue

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take...

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take...

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Death takes no bribes.

Death takes no bribes.

Well done is better than well said.

Well done is better than well said.

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.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical...

Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical...

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands...

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands...