Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Mine is better than ours.

Mine is better than ours.

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

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.

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Our necessities never equal our wants

Our necessities never equal our wants

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in...

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in...

Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.

Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.

Are you angry that others disappoint you? remember you cannot depend upon yourself

Are you angry that others disappoint you? remember you cannot depend upon yourself

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and...

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and...

Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of...

Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of...

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom...

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I...

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I...

Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will...

Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will...