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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He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

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

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

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

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.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind...

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind...

A small leak can sink a great ship.

A small leak can sink a great ship.

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.

The sparks fly in his face.

The sparks fly in his face.

There was never a good war or a bad peace.

There was never a good war or a bad peace.

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

He that drinks fast pays slow

He that drinks fast pays slow

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care...

If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care...

It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness...

It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness...