Where liberty is, there is my country.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

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...

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.

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

Deny Self for Self's sake

Deny Self for Self's sake

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

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

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

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning

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...

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...

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.

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

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

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and...

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and...

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another,...

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another,...

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.