To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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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.

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has,...

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has,...

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

You may delay, but time will not.

You may delay, but time will not.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something...

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something...

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.

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

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.

Industry need not wish.

Industry need not wish.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing;...

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing;...