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Benjamin Franklin: Be slow in...

Benjamin Franklin: Be slow in...

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Benjamin Franklin: Ill customs and...

Benjamin Franklin: Ill customs and...

Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Benjamin Franklin: Poverty often deprives...

Benjamin Franklin: Poverty often deprives...

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand...

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Benjamin Franklin: Life's Tragedy is...

Benjamin Franklin: Life's Tragedy is...

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

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Benjamin Franklin: Drive thy business...

Benjamin Franklin: Drive thy business...

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

Source: In

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Benjamin Franklin: Observe all men,...

Benjamin Franklin: Observe all men,...

Observe all men, thyself most.

Source: In

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Benjamin Franklin: Ambition has its...

Benjamin Franklin: Ambition has its...

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by...

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Benjamin Franklin: Poor man, said...

Benjamin Franklin: Poor man, said...

Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.

Source: The Whistle, 10 Nov....

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G C Lichtenberg: First we have...

G C Lichtenberg: First we have...

First we have to believe, and then we believe.

Source: Aphorisms, Notebook K, aph....

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G C Lichtenberg: I cannot say...

G C Lichtenberg: I cannot say...

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get...

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G C Lichtenberg: Even truth needs...

G C Lichtenberg: Even truth needs...

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

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G C Lichtenberg: Food probably has...

G C Lichtenberg: Food probably has...

Food probably has a very great influence on the condition of men. Wine exercises a more visible influence, food does...

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G C Lichtenberg: Virtue by premeditation...

G C Lichtenberg: Virtue by premeditation...

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Source: Aphorisms, Notebook H, aph. 13...

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Luigi Pirandello: I present myself...

Luigi Pirandello: I present myself...

I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you.

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Robert Frost: I have never...

Robert Frost: I have never...

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.

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Robert Frost: It should be...

Robert Frost: It should be...

It should be of the pleasure of a poem itself to tell how it can. The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and...

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Thornton Wilder: Never support two...

Thornton Wilder: Never support two...

Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners --your lecherous liars and your miserly...

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Ethel Barrymore: When life knocks...

Ethel Barrymore: When life knocks...

When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well,...

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Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood is a...

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood is a...

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a 1000 dollars for a kiss and 50 cents for your...

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Ingrid Bergman: I've never sought...

Ingrid Bergman: I've never sought...

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in...

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