The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his neighbor.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Courage Quotes, Hypocrisy Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take...

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take...

Well done is better than well said.

Well done is better than well said.

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

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.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things

Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

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...

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.

If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that....

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that....

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.