Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Creditors have better memories than debtors; creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set...

Creditors have better memories than debtors; creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set...

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it...

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there...

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there...

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.

Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Happy's the Wooing, that's not long a doing

Happy's the Wooing, that's not long a doing

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

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

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

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

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

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

Where liberty is, there is my country

Where liberty is, there is my country

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to...

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a...

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a...

The first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.