The Family of Fools is ancient

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Foolishness Quotes

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Again, He that sells upon Credit, asks a Price for what he sells, equivalent to...

Again, He that sells upon Credit, asks a Price for what he sells, equivalent to...

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

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

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...

God works wonders now and then; behold a lawyer, an honest man.

God works wonders now and then; behold a lawyer, an honest man.

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of...

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of...

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

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

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

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

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

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair ruins some, presumption many

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

~Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...

~Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

It is the mind that wins or loses

It is the mind that wins or loses