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1722

Benjamin Franklin
"Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech."
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1728

Benjamin Franklin
"I pronounce it as certain that there was never yet a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous."
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1730

Benjamin Franklin
on 4/1730
"That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessary for the well ordering and well-being of Society, and accordingly have been ever careful to encourage and protect the Ministers of it, paying them the highest publick Honours, that their Doctrines might thereby meet with the greater Respect among the common People."
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Benjamin Franklin
"The happy State of Matrimony is, undoubtedly, the surest and most lasting Foundation of Comfort and Love; the Source of all that endearing Tenderness and Affection which arises from Relation and Affinity; the grand Point of Property; the Cause of all good Order in the World, and what alone preserves it from the utmost Confusion; and, to sum up all, the Appointment of infinite Wisdom for these great and good Purposes."
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1733

Benjamin Franklin
in 1733
"A fine genius in his own country is like gold in the mine."
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Benjamin Franklin
in 1733
"This kind of Industry seems to me a great Virtue. He that is afraid to leave a warm Bed, and to walk in the Dark, and to dawb or tear his Clothes or his Skin; He that makes no Difference between Virtue and Vice, and takes no Pleasure in Hospitality; and He that cares not who suffers, if he himself gains by it, or suffers not; will not any one of them be industriously concernd (if their own Dwellings are out of Danger) in preserving from devouring Flames either private or publick Buildings."
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1734

Benjamin Franklin
"And as to the Cares, they are chiefly what attend the bringing up of Children; and I would ask any Man who has experienced it, if they are not the most delightful Cares in the World; and if from that Particular alone, he does not find the Bliss of a double State much greater, instead of being less than he expected."
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1735

Benjamin Franklin
in 1735
"Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason."
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1737

Benjamin Franklin
in 1737
"A penny saved is twopence clear."
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1738

Benjamin Franklin
in 1738
"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards."
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1742

Benjamin Franklin
Franklin stove
in 1742
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Benjamin Franklin
in 1742
"A Man may, if he know not how to save, keep his Nose to the Grindstone, and die not wirth a Groat at last."
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-349308

Benjamin Franklin
in 1742
"Have you something to do tomorrow; do it to-day."
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1743

Benjamin Franklin
in 1743
"How many observe Christs birth-day! How few, his precepts! O! tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments."
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1746

Benjamin Franklin
on 6/1746
"Wish not so much to live long as to live well."
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Benjamin Franklin
on 6/1746
"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for thats the stuff life is made of."
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1747

Benjamin Franklin
in 1747
"Strive to be the greatest man in your country, and you may be disappointed. Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself."
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1748

Benjamin Franklin
in 1748
"Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
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