Mine is better than ours.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be...

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be...

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle...

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle...

Hunger is the best pickle.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...

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...

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war...

It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war...

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

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

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

A good example is the best sermon.

A good example is the best sermon.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

The nearest I can make it out, Love your Enemies means, Hate your Friends

The nearest I can make it out, Love your Enemies means, Hate your Friends

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

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

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

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...

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?

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.