Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows...

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows...

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.

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...

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to...

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to...

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

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

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

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

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

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

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...

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I...

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I...

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

He that rises late must trot all day.

He that rises late must trot all day.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?