Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Senses Quotes

Little boats should keep near shore

Little boats should keep near shore

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

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

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

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.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

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

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

There is no little enemy

There is no little enemy

Observe all men; thy self most.

Observe all men; thy self most.

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in...

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in...

When in doubt, don't.

When in doubt, don't.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

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.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

I regularly read Internet user groups filled with messages from people trying to solve software...

I regularly read Internet user groups filled with messages from people trying to solve software...

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.