We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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

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

Hope of gain lessens pain.

Hope of gain lessens pain.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Three removes are as bad as a fire

Three removes are as bad as a fire

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

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...

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Those that won't be counseled can't be helped.

Those that won't be counseled can't be helped.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

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.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

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.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...