There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

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...

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money.

He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money.

Industry need not wish.

Industry need not wish.

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting,...

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting,...

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

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.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

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.

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size...

I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size...

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues