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Benjamin Franklin
A cheerful face...
A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.
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Ill customs and...
Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten.
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If you can't...
If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have...
Be at war...
Be at war with your vices; at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better...
Do good to...
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
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An old young...
An old young man, will be a young old man.
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Leisure is the...
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one...
Many a man...
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
Beware of little...
Beware of little expenses: A small leak will sink a great ship.
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Don't throw stones...
Don't throw stones at your neighbors , if your own windows are glass.
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An undutiful daughter...
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
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A lonesome man...
A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.
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Nothing preaches better...
Nothing preaches better than the act.
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Content makes poor...
Content makes poor men rich; Discontent makes rich men poor.
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Energy and persistence...
Energy and persistence alter all things.
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Being ignorant is...
Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.
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Many have quarreled...
Many have quarreled about religion that never practice it.
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Proclaim not all...
Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.
Men take more...
Men take more pains to mask than to mend.
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Glass, china, and...
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
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