Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Writing Quotes

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps...

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps...

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

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.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a...

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a...

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

He that rises late must trot all day.

He that rises late must trot all day.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

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...