Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

One today is worth two tomorrows.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

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

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

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

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

With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

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...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

A small leak can sink a great ship.

A small leak can sink a great ship.

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...