American - Politician | January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.
Benjamin Franklin
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He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
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He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
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Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.
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When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue.
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If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
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Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.
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He that rises late must trot all day.
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He that won't be counseled can't be helped.
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He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
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Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.
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