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Benjamin Franklin
January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790
Nationality: American
Category: Politician
Subcategory: American Politician

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.

   

Necessity never made a good bargain.

   

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

   

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

   

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

   

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

   

Applause waits on success.

   

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

   

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

   

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

   

Mine is better than ours.

   

Beware the hobby that eats.

   

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

   

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

   

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

   

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

   

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

   

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

   

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

   

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

   

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