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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Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

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.

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

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

He that waits upon a fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon a fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows...

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows...

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each...

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each...

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

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.

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.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly...

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly...

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

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.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others'...

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others'...

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.