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An egg today is better than a hen to-morrow.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Better Egg Hen Than Today

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If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Dead Either Forgotten Reading Something Soon Things Worth Worth Reading Would Write Writing You

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Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Love Marriage Where Will Without

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I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Die Eating Few Hundred Hunger Saw Thousand

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A place for everything, everything in its place.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Everything Place

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Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Against God Obedience Rebellion Tyrants

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He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Ease He Knows Live Must Peace Sees Speak Would

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I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: About Am Best Best Way Differ Doing Doing Good Driving Easy Good Leading Making Means Opinion Out Poor Poverty Them Think Way I Think I Am

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He that sows thorns should never go barefoot.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Barefoot Go He Never Should Thorns

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Those that won't be counseled can't be helped.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Helped Those

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: January 17th, 1706

Died: April 17th, 1790

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