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Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

~Benjamin Franklin

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Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

~Benjamin Franklin

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One today is worth two tomorrows.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Today Tomorrows Two Worth

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If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: All Things Greatest Most Must Precious Things Time Wasting Wasting Time

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You may delay, but time will not.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Delay May Time Will You

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Creditors have better memories than debtors.

~Benjamin Franklin

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In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Became Contrary Countries Course Did Different Different Countries Done Less Made More Much Observed On The Contrary Poor Poorer Provided Provisions Public Richer Them Themselves Traveled Were Youth

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For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.

~Benjamin Franklin

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As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Advantages Any Enjoy Freely Glad Great Invention Inventions Opportunity Others Ours Serve Should

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A penny saved is a penny earned.

~Benjamin Franklin

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: January 17th, 1706

Died: April 17th, 1790

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