Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1745 ed.) | WIST Quotations

He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now.

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Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1745 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgment. Not an original sentiment from Franklin. See, for example, La Rochefoucauld (1666).

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Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1745 ed.) | WIST Quotations

It’s common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.

Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1745 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Wars bring scars.

Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1745 ed.) | WIST Quotations

’Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

America’s roots are showing. That does not bode well for Canada

There are alarming echoes between 1775 and our present moment