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WIST QuotationsStrive 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.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)
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Write Injuries in Dust, Benefits in Marble.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)
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Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1747 ed.) | WIST Quotations
Write Injuries in Dust, Benefits in Marble. As with so much else of Franklin's, this phrase is not without earlier forms, e.g.: Thomas More, History of King Richard III (1513): For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whosoever does us a good…
A Mob’s a Monster; Heads enough, but no Brains.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)
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Robert FairheadTell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ~ #BenjaminFranklin #quotes #education #learning
P. L. Klein"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do." ~ #BenjaminFranklin
Wisdom in SpaceResolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
-- Benjamin Franklin
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Why then should I give my Readers bad Lines of my own, when good Ones of other People’s are so plenty? ‘Tis methinks a poor Excuse for the bad Entertainment of Guests, that the Food we set before them, tho’ coarse and ordinary, is of one’s own Raising, off one’s own Plantation, &c. when there is Plenty of what is ten times better, to be had in the Market. — On the contrary, I assure ye, my Friends, that I have procur’d the best I could for ye, and much Good may’t do ye.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)
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Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1747 ed.) | WIST Quotations
Why then should I give my Readers bad Lines of my own, when good Ones of other People's are so plenty? 'Tis methinks a poor Excuse for the bad Entertainment of Guests, that the Food we set before them, tho' coarse and ordinary, is of one's own Raising, off one's…
Tim was so learned he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
-- Benjamin Franklin
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Kurt KremitzkiThis is one of my absolute favorite #paintings, #BenjaminFranklin Drawing #Electricity From The Sky. It suggests a certain virtue I wish was more celebrated in modern #America.
