They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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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...

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature...

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature...

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...

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough...

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough...

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...

Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment.

Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment.

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

Constant dropping wears away stones

Constant dropping wears away stones

Drink Water, Put the Money in your Pocket, and leave the Dry-bellyach in the Punchbowl.

Drink Water, Put the Money in your Pocket, and leave the Dry-bellyach in the Punchbowl.

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health,...

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health,...

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them...

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them...