Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is...

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

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

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...

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

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

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

Rules to find out a fit Measure of Meat and Drink.

Rules to find out a fit Measure of Meat and Drink.

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

If you'd lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him Money.

If you'd lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him Money.

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

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

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