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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Poverty Quotes

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair ruins some, presumption many

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the...

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the...

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.

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

Well done is better than well said.

Well done is better than well said.

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?