Read much, but not many books.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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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...

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

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

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

He that waits upon a fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon a fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Happy's the Wooing, that's not long a doing

Happy's the Wooing, that's not long a doing

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has,...

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has,...

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.

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

A word to the wise is enough

A word to the wise is enough

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by...

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by...

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

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,...

Than that of defrauding the government.

Than that of defrauding the government.

Go back to bed, America, your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go...

Go back to bed, America, your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go...

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...