Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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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.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

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...

The best time to make friends is before you need them. Ether Barrymore

The best time to make friends is before you need them. Ether Barrymore

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

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be...

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be...

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning

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...

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

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.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps...

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps...